Medicare for All Would Save 114,000 Lives and $1 Trillion a Year: Sanders Declares 'The Time Is Now'

Yale Study: Medicare for All Would Save Over 114,000 Lives and $1 Trillion a Year

Jessica Corbett ( Commondreams.org ) – Previous research has shown that shifting the United States to a Medicare for All system could save roughly 68,000 lives and $650 billion per year, but a new study by experts at Yale University suggests the savings would likely be even greater on both fronts. In a Tuesday statement, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), lead sponsor of the Medicare for All Act in the Senate, highlighted the findings, published recen…

Yale study finds ‘Medicare for All’ could save $1 trillion and 114,000 lives every year

This study has been touted by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont as proof of the benefits of a universal, single-payer health care system, but the research hasn’t been peer-reviewed

Medicare for All Would Save 114,000 Lives and $1 Trillion a Year: Sanders Declares 'The Time Is Now'

A new Yale University study estimates that a nationwide Medicare for All system could save more than 114,000 lives each year while reducing US healthcare spending by more than $1 trillion annually, prompting Senator Bernie Sanders to declare that 'the time is now' to pass universal healthcare legislation. Responding to the findings on Tuesday, the Vermont independent and ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) C…

Is the left abandoning Medicare for All?

Photo by Marek Studzinski on UnsplashMatt Yglesias, on Abdul El-Sayed’s healthcare plan:…leftists have absolutely savaged non-leftists who put incremental ideas on the table, including even transformative ones like Pete Buttigieg’s Medicare for All Who Want It…if El-Sayed can create a permission structure for characterizing “Medicare for All” as an aspirational statement of values rather than a specific piece of legislation, he will be doing a t…

Study: Medicare for All Would Save 114k Lives Yearly — and Save $1T in Costs

“This study confirms what we have known for years: Medicare for All saves lives and saves money,” said Bernie Sanders.