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[–] Boycott_reddit [S] 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

"The Sanders plan would require $1.38 trillion—trillion! with a T!—in additional federal spending every single year. That’s roughly 8 percent of total GDP. As a comparison, the official cost estimate for Obamacare—which almost didn’t pass over concerns about its price tag—when it was passed was about $900 billion over an entire decade.* Sanders is proposing to spend far more than that every single year."

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[–] twitch1982 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago  (edited ago)

Sounds like a discount. in 2013 we spent 17% of our GDP on healthcare. That would have been 2.4 trillion ---- TRILLION yes, also with a T.

sauce: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2015/oct/us-health-care-from-a-global-perspective

That's why the article is being downvoted, not because it's critical of Bernie, but because it's kind of a dumb argument. you can shout about the letter T all you want, fact remains it saves America money.