Two things-need to reduce costs to match other OECD countries (per capita). I’d start with the AMA and the RVU system that sets physician pricing We don’t need that much incremental taxation. Employers and individuals pay enormous amounts of money for insurance premiums. Just send that to the govt
Yes to lower costs. Yes to a lot paid already. I think we need to detach health insurance from jobs. But keep a mandate of $ contributed based on employer size. Progressive? Employers paid ~$0.9T of $4.9T ~18% (2023) Payroll taxes ~ $0.37T ÷ $4.9T ~ 7.5% (2023) Combined ~26%.
My husband and I collectively make under $200k and pay a-little over $600/month for insurance thats too expensive to use. I’d rather they tax us $600/month to get 100% free health insurance. Thats better than $600/mo + $200-300/mo for prescriptions (my husband is diabetic)+ doctors visits + ETC.
Have you tried @costplusdrugs.com ?
I checked them but they don’t carry the prescriptions my husband and I need.
Before 2025, I would have said healthcare costs in the U.S. was (arguably) the biggest issue facing the nation. Change will eventually happen out of pure need. As a society, we need to demand it sooner.