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arizona1, The $21 trillion Pentagon accounting error that can’t pay for Medicare-for-all, explained

Great to see the mindset there. No doubt they will get into more detail, and be more careful about
detail, in time. Healthcare, for example, is one area in which they have much fine tuning to do.

America can afford universal health care, but proponents still don’t have a specific plan.

By Matthew Yglesias@[e-mail] Dec 3, 2018, 10:00am EST


Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York City on November 6, 2018. Rick Loomis/Getty Images

The US military budget is such a bloated monstrosity that it contains accounting errors that could finance two-thirds of the cost of a government-run single-payer health insurance system. All Americans could visit an unlimited array of doctors at no out of pocket cost. At least that’s a notion spreading on left-wing Twitter and endorsed and amplified by newly elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of Democrats’ biggest 2018 sensations and an undeniable master at the fine art of staying in the public eye.

Unfortunately, it’s not true.

Continued - https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/12/3/18122947/pentagon-accounting-error-medicare-for-all