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Study: Medicare for All Would Save 114k Lives Yearly — And Save $1T in Costs (truthout.org)

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A new study has found that Medicare for All would save over 100,000 lives in the U.S. per year while also reducing Americans’ health care spending by more than $1 trillion annually. Yale University and University of Maryland researchers have estimated that the universal single payer health care system introduced in the Medicare for All Act would prevent 114,000 deaths per year.

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[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

A while ago, just after Trump's second election, I attended a rally in my city where Sanders was speaking, along with AOC. The streets were packed. Busses were packed. People from all walks of life had gathered to hear a message of resistance to a dangerous asshole, and the potential better future they could build together. Old people. Young families with children. College students and young professionals and blue collar workers. And among these reasonable, good hearted people, there was this one guy, clearly obese, neckbeard and ponytail, dressed head to toe in tacticool gear.