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@503bartley.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 4:15 AM

Past the 20% savings of no cost of sales, a 10% bonus of no shareholder returns to pay, & an unspecified but very real benefit of no medical-bankruptcies-due-to-ill-health, there's the absolutely splendid return on investment: 1/2 #MedicareForAll, #MedicareForAllNow, #healthcare #medicalbankruptcy

In Dining across the divide (4 October), the young participant, Ted, is quoted as expressing his "desire to abolish the NHS and replace it with a social insurance model. This would still have provision for free treatment at the point of need, but people would pay through insurance systems, and they would choose the level of cover they've got. Those models deliver far better outcomes for patients."
As a retired insurance underwriter, I must disagree profoundly with Ted's
assertion. Let's concentrate on business fundamentals. Insurance comes in two "flavours": first, events that become likelier as time goes on - eg, life assurance. The older you get, the more likely you are to die and the more premium is needed to cover the risk; and second, events whose likelihood stays essentially the same over time, eg home insurance - the likelihood of a house burning down is much the same for everyone and the cost is spread evenly between policyholders.
Clearly, medical insurance is flavour one. Premiums need to rise with age. To reduce premiums and keep customers, insurance companies apply ever-increasing "excesses" and "co-pays" and can refuse to cover pre-existing conditions. The more you need medical insurance, the more expensive and difficult it is to get.
There is also the business case. When you buy an insurance policy, premiums are calculated to include the cost of claims (about 60%); administration (about 10%); sales (about 20%); shareholder profits (about 15%); less investment returns (about 5%).
In contrast, an NHS•style system does not require either sales costs or
shareholder profits. Of course, there would be no investment return - but
nevertheless, it is still about 30% cheaper to operate than an insured healthcare system. Like most sound business ideas, it's simple arithmetic.

Susan Jones
Biggin Hill, London

@dreadedbouncer.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 4:03 AM

#taxbillionaires and
#AbolishBillionaires and #MedicareForAll

@gfriedma.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 2:27 AM

We need #medicareforall

@veronicad1.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 2:20 AM

#WeAreAllLuigi
#FuckUnitedHealthcare
#MedicareForAll

@sagedemage.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 9:22 PM

Billionaires should not exist when many people are homeless.

#freehomeless
#endhomelessness
#fuckbillionaires
#jailbillionaires
#medicareforall
#taxtheultrarich
#fucktechbillionaires
#freecollege

@sagedemage.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 9:12 PM

Americans have the right to a job with an adequate wage and decent living. Americans have the right to universal healthcare. This is FDR's dream for the US before he died.

#rightowork
#freeworkingclass
#freeunemployed
#freehomelessness
#universalhealthcare
#medicareforall

@hcfawa.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 8:08 PM

September e.Bulletin is out now! www.hcfawa.org/september_20...

In this issue:

Save The Date HCFA-WA Annual Meeting
October Zoom THURSDAY OCTOBER 15
September UHCC & FTAC Recaps
Puyallup Fair Tabling Recap
News You Can Use
October Events

#MedicareForAll #Medicare4All #UniversalHealthCare #WAleg

@katrinadeville.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 6:58 PM

Alright Green Bay! I’m excited to see @francescahongwi today and I’m excited to see YOU too! See you at the Tarlton in a few minutes!

#devilleforsenate #democraticsocialist #voteblue #medicareforall #wisconsin

@bettinathegoodone.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:45 PM

“2024, 80.5% of people aged b/w 65-74 years old were registered to vote in the US - the highest share of any age group In comparison, 58.3% of 18- 24 y-olds were registered to vote” Perhaps the young’s need to quit blaming boomers and get out and VOTE?!#MedicareForAll

@wholewashington.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:36 PM

#MedicareForAll #WholeWashington #WApolitics #SinglePayer #HealthcareIsAHumanRight
somepeopleeverybody.substack.com/p/historic-s...

@stephscythes.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 2:54 PM

Yet #Centrist / #CorporateDemocrats will keep 100 Americans subject to #medicalbankruptcy via a #healthinsurance system (including the so-called #ACA) rather than put 1 #insuranceexecutive out of work by backing #SinglePayer / #MedicareForAll.

@nurseratched64.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 6:21 AM

#MedicareForAll

@kathjohnsonart.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 5:21 AM

#MedicareForALL💪⚖️🗳️💙

@ellabrooksvd.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 3:42 AM

Healthcare is a human necessity, not a luxury.
No American should have to choose between paying medical bills and taking care of their family. We need a healthcare system that puts patients before profits.
#HealthcareForAll #MedicareForAll

@drjanicekirsch.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 3:18 AM

What they WOULD do is give the young and healthy lower rates while dumping those with pre-existing conditions (a practice against which we currently have some guardrails)

The chronically or severely ill would fall into Trump's program which couldn't possibly pay for their care

#MedicareforAll stat

@dreadedbouncer.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 2:20 AM

#taxbillionaires and #AbolishBillionaires and #MedicareForAll #VoteBlueToStopTheStupid #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy

@justsomeliberaldem.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 2:17 AM

I have to change my Medicare plan AGAIN this year. I use to have a dual (Medicare/Medicaid) plan until 2025 and now I have to carry two different cards for Medicare and Medicaid. It's fucking ridiculous!

#MedicareForAll

@medicareparatodos.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 11:48 PM

Los hospitales y otros sistemas de salud recortan puestos de trabajo en 2026.

*ENGLISH
Hospitals and other health care systems are cutting jobs in 2026.

#Medicareforall #Medicareparatodos