Comment on LA Dodgers extends $0 contract for 6th time so player can keep health insuranceparentComments−rootusrootus2yToo bad America doesn’t have nationalized health insurance for everyone.What fraction of America has socialized health care already? Half, more or less? It doesn't seem like a big leap to go all-in.−rootusrootus2yFor anyone else reading, It's only about 36% or so that are covered by socialized health care. E.g. 85M in medicaid, 65M in medicare, 10M in tricare.So we have a pretty good basis to figure what it would look like to make that number 100%.
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What fraction of America has socialized health care already? Half, more or less? It doesn't seem like a big leap to go all-in.
For anyone else reading, It's only about 36% or so that are covered by socialized health care. E.g. 85M in medicaid, 65M in medicare, 10M in tricare.
So we have a pretty good basis to figure what it would look like to make that number 100%.