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by Projectiboga 908 days ago
Single payer would lower costs by greatly reducing liability insurance both for the doctors themselves but also for car insurance and business liability coverage. All those would still exist but not for the actual medical treatments. The estimates are it would start to save money nationally the first year, and once the medical industry reorganized around delivering care that plus savings from preventive care and less lags getting scans. It isn't just the insurance providers against single payer, all the big pharma and medical technology providers don't want that. The saving would come from having most every health care outcome in one place along with every treatment and medicine. We would start to really see what works and is worth the money. Second even the most affluent would benefit from less crowded emergency rooms that puts us all at risk.