[quote=no_such_reality]So basically, just double the Medicare wage tax from 1.45% to 2.9% and provide medicare to every single person.
Total expenditures if run through medicare would be around $1.8 trillion assuming 0% savings from medicare providing.
Or better yet, just put a flat 2% tax on AGI on all income filers and provide medicare to everyone, use the excess to provide the subsidy to low income.[/quote]
But there would likely be significant savings. As I mentioned earlier, we *already* cover the most expensive patients (elderly, maternity, infant/children, and the indigent). We leave the most profitable to the private sector. If we had Medicare for all, the per capita cost would be significantly lower than the current costs for the elderly (the most expensive patients out there).
