And the hits just keep on coming. Vermont, with the
population roughly that of Nashville, is spending more federal money, $167.9
million, than any other state in the nation on uninsured residents, according
to Newsweek calculations based on
data from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) and the U.S.
Census Bureau.
And that’s not all. Going forward, the estimate cost of Vermont’s
highly vaulted single payer system is somewhere north of $2.2 billion ANNUALLY!
As Vermont Watchdog reported:
Condon, a Democrat from Colchester, said he thinks a
single-payer system in Vermont would “cost more” than a couple of previous
estimates. Those estimates pegged the
cost for single-payer at anywhere from $1.6 billion to $2.2 billion
annually.
That’s at least $3,500/resident increase ANNUALLY by my
calculations. The money shot? Condon said the most obviously honest thing
possible (emphasis mine):
“It’s a government
program [so] I think it’s going to cost more than that. Given that, I think
it would be in the best interest of Vermonters to redirect our energies away
from single-payer health care to trying to improve the system we’re in now,”
Condon added.
No kidding? Government = higher costs, who would have thunk
it? Well
me for one.
Government is so clumsy and inefficient! What a good example. I have enjoyed your writings. I believe you should run for Congress. Keep going.
ReplyDeleteBarbara, welcome back and thanks for your comment. As for congress I don't think I have the stomach for the tom-foolery that goes on there. I think I'll just continue to throw cheap shots from the peanut gallery! It's much more fun.
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