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Greene Sanders Medicare funding debate

Marjorie Taylor Greene asked Bernie Sanders how America funds Medicare for All, and it is a fair question given the costs involved. The U.S. allocates roughly 18% of its economic output to healthcare while Germany spends about 12%. A significant chunk of what Americans pay never shows up on tax bills; it leaves paychecks directly as insurance premiums. Lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 55 does not inherently reduce total spending but shifts which demographic pays the bill. That is the detail both sides often miss: who actually lowers the overall healthcare bill? Source: U.S. Treasury, OECD, Statista / Writer: Oliver

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Jolyon@jolyon

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Greene Sanders Medicare funding debate

Marjorie Taylor Greene asked Bernie Sanders how America funds Medicare for All, and it is a fair question given the costs involved. The U.S. allocates roughly 18% of its economic output to healthcare while Germany spends about 12%. A significant chunk of what Americans pay never shows up on tax bills; it leaves paychecks directly as insurance premiums. Lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 55 does not inherently reduce total spending but shifts which demographic pays the bill. That is the detail both sides often miss: who actually lowers the overall healthcare bill? Source: U.S. Treasury, OECD, Statista / Writer: Oliver

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