Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1T and 114,000 Lives a Year, Yale Study
A Yale study suggests that implementing a national public insurance program in the US could save over $1 trillion annually and prevent 114,000 deaths. The model identifies administrative waste, drug pricing, and inefficient emergency care as primary targets for cost reduction.
For the study , which has not yet been peer reviewed, the researchers modeled what would happen if the United States adopted a national public insurance program like the one proposed in the Medicare for All Act . Using 2024 spending, insurance coverage, and mortality data, they estimate that the universal coverage would reduce annual health expenditures by $1.04 trillion, or nearly 20% — even after accounting for the additional care that uninsured and underinsured people would receive.
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