re: USA will have Socialized Medicine in 20 Years - It's Inevitable

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Insurance Company and big medical propaganda always pushes the idea that tax increases will be necessary for offering basic healthcare for citizens. It's obviously not true, it would just necessitate a reallocation of the existing tax money collected in the budget, something that will never, ever happen.

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Taxes will go up. There's no doubt about that. However, it will be a reallocation of dollars coming from paychecks. Instead of paying $250 biweekly to an insurance company, you'd pay a percentage of your gross like you pay Medicare/SS today. It's really simple. We know what is spent on medical services every year. Establish a baseline of care and tax for it. Single payer should be much easier to sell than it is.