This is a training to introduce audiences to the problems with the health care system in Massachusetts, and to describe how a single payer health care system controls costs and saves lives elsewhere in the world.
7. Human Toll of Uninsurance
1987 = Uninsured 25% more likely to
die than the insured
2005 = Uninsured 40% more likely to
die than the insured
United States = 45,000 deaths due to
lack of insurance in 2005
17. U.S. Health Care System the Sixth
Largest Economy in the World
Country 2010 GDP
United States $14,447,100
China $5,739,358
Japan $5,458,873
Germany $3,280,334
France $2,559,850
U.S. Health Care System $2,542,690
United Kingdom $2,253,552
40. How Single Payer
Health Care Is Paid For
Fixed Payroll Tax Negotiated Budget
Government Health Care
You Fund Providers
41. How U.S. Health Care
Is Paid For
Medicaid
Taxes Medicare
Separate contracts
Blue Cross
Premiums Tufts Medical Insurance
You Out-of-Pocket Costs
Health Care
Providers
GDP estimates for 2010 from the United Nations; U.S. health care costs from OECD. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/dnltransfer.asp?fID=2 http://www.oecd.org/document/60/0,3746,en_2649_33929_2085200_1_1_1_1,00.html
From â7 Things You Need to Know About the National Debt, Deficits, and the Dollar,â Dean Baker and David Rosnick, Center for Economic and Policy Research, June 2011.
Higher wages No threat to healthcare coverage when switching jobs Expanded job opportunities due to level playing field Health care coverage removed from bargaining table Part-time workers insured
From âAffording Health Care and Education on the Minimum Wage,â John Schmitt and Marie-Eve Augier, Center for Economic and Policy Research, March 2012.
Represents $57 to $70 billion in savings due to lower disease prevalence.
Represents $57 to $70 billion in savings due to lower disease prevalence.