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by briandear 2878 days ago
Is there actually a criminal lack of medical care? What is Medicaid? Tens of billions of dollars are going to help nobody?
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Medicaid is great[1], but it serves a relatively small fraction of the population. I assume the parent comment is referring to the fact that most other developed nations provide universal healthcare, at lower per capita cost, with better outcomes and doctor/patient satisfaction ratings.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx1-X9wpUk4

I guess you’re being downvoted because it’s not “tens of billions of dollars” at all!

More like $574 billion dollars in FY2016.

https://www.kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/total-medicaid-...

They sure aren't helping everyone.