vestmoria@linux.community to Work Reform@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agohow many US states have a single payer healthcare system?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squarehow many US states have a single payer healthcare system?vestmoria@linux.community to Work Reform@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 months agoInsirance companies couldn’t just print money anymore.
minus-squareasqapro@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoThe official reason is that taxes would have been raised too much (from the linked Wikipedia article / accompanying source: https://www.salon.com/2014/12/18/vermont_abandons_plan_for_single_payer_health_care/)
minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoSo frustrating. I live in a country with something of a hybrid model. I pay very little at point of service and my taxes aren’t super crazy or anything. Prices need to be clamped down upon.
So why was it stopped?
Insirance companies couldn’t just print money anymore.
The official reason is that taxes would have been raised too much (from the linked Wikipedia article / accompanying source: https://www.salon.com/2014/12/18/vermont_abandons_plan_for_single_payer_health_care/)
So frustrating. I live in a country with something of a hybrid model. I pay very little at point of service and my taxes aren’t super crazy or anything. Prices need to be clamped down upon.