Bill Clinton: Universal Health Coverage Saves Money

Source: Reuters

Bill Clinton: universal health coverage saves money
By Bill Berkrot
NEW YORK | Tue Jun 7, 2011 5:42pm EDT

By Bill Berkrot

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton said the United States could save more than $1 trillion a year by adopting any other advanced nation's healthcare system.

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"Germany and France, with what is considered the most effective systems in the world in terms of universal coverage and quality of treatment, they spend 10 percent. Canada spends 10.5 percent," Clinton said. "The United States spends 17.2 percent without having universal coverage," Clinton said.

"That means if we just scrapped our system and adopted any other wealthy country's system, at a minimum we would have a trillion dollars more a year for pay raises, for investment in new technology, to create new jobs or whatever."

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This should be shouted out by every Democrat.

What I call "Barking behind the Fence".

anymore.

not while it's under consideration?

I would imagine a lot of people supported it even though they didn't like it, we got the bill Obama wanted and got passed. I've been told time and again it was the best we could get.:shrug: I really don't get the point you are trying to make.

:thumbsup:

This made their Poppy Bush so happy.

:puke:

http://www.correntewire.com/bill_clinton_rationally_single_payer_best_system

Sat, 06/20/2009 - 2:39pm — lambert

From nyceve's report on Bill Clinton's meeting with bloggers:

Then he talked about single-payer. "Here's the deal on single payer. Rationally, single payer is the best system", he continued, "our system is the worst, most expensive and least effective."

So, that would make the alternatives not rational?

Good to know, since we've been saying it for some time.

Besides, he and Hillary went about it all wrong.

The bill was introduced in his first two years, and it failed in 1994.

103rd Congress: Clinton had 57 Senators and the House Democratic caucus was 258.

For most of the first year, including for the final passage of the bill, there were 59 Democratic Senators in the 111th Congress.

He was elected largely on the promise of health care reform, which he promptly torpedoed with all this HMOs and other disfunctional shit we are stuck with now.

that would have been a good time to speak up.

is indeed interesting.

I will say it until I don't have a breath left in me, universal health care means people won't have to make the choice between buying something they need or like and paying their medical bills. Universal health care is its own stimulus because it frees up money that otherwise would go to medical bills that they will be paying on until the end of time.
I make custom designed dolls and always get someone each month that backs out of their lay-a-way plan because they have unexpected medical bills. I have NEVER had someone from the UK or Canada do that, in fact, more of my business comes from the UK and Canada that from the US anymore. Kind of sad, isn't it!

and urged that it be improved upon rather than repealed."

Everyone from Clinton to Bernie Sanders knows this.

He could fix it.

:rofl:

Then why doesn't the republican talking heads like it? It does everything the present system provides and more for less cost. Whats not to like? When are the dems going to wake up and use this arguement?

by their aides, that the private system's BIG donors to their respective campaigns had their paid lobbyists communicating to them their threats of not contributing one penny for their next electoral campaign, and every other electoral campaign of theirs.

That's where the 'protecting the private system' priority comes in.

That's America, after all, isn't it?

Always been, and will always be (unless 200 million Americans start an unlimited hunger strike and refuse to fold).

Perhaps he "sees better," away from the Oval Office?

He has stepped up for President Obama many times.

... but Clinton is the first major league politician with the GUTS to say it.

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in this article, not sure what he is saying.

:shrug:

It's ridiculous. And the poorest wind up with the least benefit.

Unfortunately, Democrats refuse to make that part of their HCR campaign. More Americans needlessly die thanks to Republican stupidity and Democrat passivity.