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1NC – Econ Adv
Having the government give you “free” health insurance might sound nice,
but make no mistake, it is not even close to free. Every socialized health
insurance system around the world requires enormous tax hikes to cover the
cost of this multi-trillion dollar a year program. The affirmative’s proposal
can’t possibly save you or anyone else money because you would still be
paying for all the expensive health care costs, the only difference is they’d
make you send a cargo plane full of cash to the IRS instead of giving it to an
insurance company. Additionally, the skyrocketing taxes brought by
socialized health insurance would decrease business investment in the United
States and cause more offshoring to other countries with lower tax rates,
sucking our economy dry.
The nonpartisan Urban Institute explained in 2017 that:
Wash Post 6-18-17 (“Single-payer health care would have an astonishingly high price tag”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/single-payer-health-care-would-have-an-
astonishingly-high-price-tag/2017/06/18/9c70dae6-52d2-11e7-be25-
3a519335381c_story.html?utm_term=.ddc58efd07aa)
But the government’s price tag would be astonishing. When Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) proposed a “Medicare for
all” health plan in his presidential campaign, the nonpartisan Urban Institute figured that it would raise
government spending by $32 trillion over 10 years, requiring a tax increase so huge that even the
democratic socialist Mr. Sanders did not propose anything close to it. Single-payer advocates counter that
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