Comment Comment by andlarry Medicare: 65,748,297 people enrolled [0]Medicaid and CHIP: 85,614,581 people enrolled [1]Military: 9.5 million people covered [2]The US has not one but two of the largest single payer health insurance programs in the world.Medicare alone has more people enrolled than any European country's single payer programs other than Germany (pop 83,294,633) and the UK (pop 67,736,802).[0] https://medicareadvocacy.org/medicare-enrollment-numbers/ [1] https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/program-information/medica... [2] https://www.health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/MHS-Toolkits/M... parent andlarry 3 years ago
Medicaid and CHIP: 85,614,581 people enrolled [1]
Military: 9.5 million people covered [2]
The US has not one but two of the largest single payer health insurance programs in the world.
Medicare alone has more people enrolled than any European country's single payer programs other than Germany (pop 83,294,633) and the UK (pop 67,736,802).
[0] https://medicareadvocacy.org/medicare-enrollment-numbers/ [1] https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/program-information/medica... [2] https://www.health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/MHS-Toolkits/M...