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[–] 3981402? ago  (edited ago)

Here's the problem. Even his own documents show he is short by $1.62 Trillion for healthcare. He lists the healthcare costs as $3 Trillion and says he only raises $1.38 Trillion per year. The possibility that he will find this amount of savings is absolutely zero.

The United States currently spends $3 trillion on health care each year

HOW MUCH WILL IT COST? This plan has been estimated to cost $1.38 trillion per year.

https://berniesanders.com/issues/medicare-for-all/

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[–] Sir-Real ago 

"The United States currently spends $3 trillion on health care each year—nearly $10,000 per person. Reforming our health care system, simplifying our payment structure and incentivizing new ways to make sure patients are actually getting better health care will generate massive savings. This plan has been estimated to save the American people and businesses over $6 trillion over the next decade." quoted from the page you linked.

It's not that he's coming up short, it's that the plan is designed to reduce the costs by basically cutting out the middleman.

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[–] 3989262? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

No way they cut out over 50% of the costs that way. If so, he has the burden of actually proving it and not just saying it.