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Jnew28

(931 posts)
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 09:53 PM Mar 2016

Stupidparty Myth #1—USA has the best healthcare system; thus, why reform?

"There are several key problems with the U.S. healthcare system, one being that even though 49.9m Americans (in 2010) did not have coverage, the rest of us still pay about 50% more than we should. Absent reform (i.e., Stupidparty plan), the number of Americans without insurance was projected to grow to 67m by 2020 as premiums doubled. This number a) assumes that Stupidparty states stop their attacks on public workers (i.e., no more Stupidparty) and b) does not factor in the ever-decreasing coverage actually provided by most employer-sponsored plans."

Continue reading here: http://stupidpartymathvmyth.com/1/post/2015/02/the-big-con-publicly-funded-nfl-and-nba-sports-stadiums.html

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