Study: Medicare for All Would Save 114k Lives Yearly — and Save $1T in Costs
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“This study confirms what we have known for years: Medicare for All saves lives and saves money,” said Bernie Sanders.

A new study has found that Medicare for All would save over 100,000 lives in the U.S. per year while also reducing Americans’ health care spending by more than $1 trillion annually. Yale University and University of Maryland researchers have estimated that the universal single payer health care system introduced in the Medicare for All Act would prevent 114,000 deaths per year.

  • yes_this_time@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I’m reading that as two different metrics.

    It’s more cost effective - saving a trillion dollars a year

    It’s more medically effective - saving 100k lives a year.

    You don’t divide one by the other, debt isn’t related.

    • Gaja0@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Thanks for explaining and not calling me stupid because I did just misread.