NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer health plan for NYers
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Re: NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer health plan for NYers
#2Would this raise the tax rates for NYers?
Re: NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer health plan for NYers
#3Would this raise the tax rates for NYers?
It would be shocking if it didn’t
Re: NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer health plan for NYers
#4With California and New York both exploring statewide single payer healthcare it looks like the Overton window is moving closer to legitimate discussion of a nationwide single payer plan in the US. It’ll be interesting to watch, since this is such a hot-button topic here on many levels.
Re: NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer health plan for NYers
#5Would this raise the tax rates for NYers?
It would be shocking if it didn’t
No, it wouldn't.
The European single-payer systems pay half what we do per-capita, factoring in private and public spending in both systems. The US system is wildly cost inefficient.
See the chart at https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm
Re: NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer health plan for NYers
#6"Died in committee" I assume will be the final result, official in a couple weeks.
Re: NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer health plan for NYers
#7Would this raise the tax rates for NYers?
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Re: NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer health plan for NYers
#8With California and New York both exploring statewide single payer healthcare it looks like the Overton window is moving closer to legitimate discussion of a nationwide single payer plan in the US. It’ll be interesting to watch, since this is such a hot-button topic here on many levels.
as long as these plans can negotiate and also use their market power to reduce the prices that healthcare services charge to Americans, but starting within their jurisidction
a significant portion of the consensus failings have been because simply having insurance for all is just a bandaid, and this has been an accurate criticism of one party's tax and spend trend whether that seems like a conversation derailing political statement or not
Re: NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer health plan for NYers
#9Would this raise the tax rates for NYers?
The better question is whether NYers will pay more or less under this plan, not whether that payment is a tax or a premium.
Re: NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer health plan for NYers
#10Would this raise the tax rates for NYers?
Summary says it includes a "payroll assessment, similar to the Medicare tax"