RE5TE t1_iugyw3i wrote
Reply to comment by MoosesAndMeese in NYC’s new subway crime crackdown is underway but NYers are not convinced it will work by PichuLovy
This is true. It wouldn't require "high taxes" to pay for better addiction treatment. Our taxes are already paying for overdose treatment or crime that comes from drug addiction.
The treatment solves the problem earlier and cheaper. Maybe that's the key. Don't focus on the "raising taxes". Focus on "cutting healthcare costs". Cut our healthcare costs with universal healthcare!
MoosesAndMeese t1_iuh1lka wrote
It's true. Over half of Americans avoid their regular doctor visits because of cost, which only makes it worse because they end up waiting until the issue has already manifested, thus driving the cost higher.
In addition, somewhere between a quarter and a third of America's total healthcare costs don't even go towards healthcare. It's all the bloat and complication that private insurance companies cause, just the natural effect of adding extra unnecessary middlemen who want their own profits.
Medicare for all isn't expensive. It would reduce total costs for everyone and shift the cost from average people into taxes, and all we would need is a functioning tax system that ultra rich people can't dodge with legal money laundering.
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