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[William Wylde]

Yeah, I realized I was thinking "250 billion" (brain fart) instead of "250
million" (apprx) after I had sent it.  It would take a few years and a
dollar a day to top Gate's fortune by as much as I suggested.  Not too many
years though, what, 9-10?

Plus, I'm talking just basic emergency medical like medicaid covers, not
that that's cheap, either:

http://www.cato.org/pressroom.php?display=news&id=109

But I still think that a private collective is better, and would be more
efficient than anything congress and DC could cobb together.





On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 1:45 AM, wylde bill <durtybill at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Why, if every citizen of the US contributed ONE DOLLAR towards a public
> > health collective it would IMMEDIATELY be the largest trust in the
> > world.  Dwarfing Mr. Gate's fortune by at least a factor of 8x.
>
> There would be a whopping $300M or so if every US resident chipped in that
> buck.
>
> Comparatively, that's a minor drop in the bucket that won't fund Grady
> Hospital for longer than about 6 months.
>
> "In 2007, national health care spending reached $2.2 trillion, or
> $7,421 per person."
> http://www.chcf.org/topics/healthinsurance/index.cfm?itemID=133630
>
> That's a chunk of cash that is still less than the deductible on my
> major medical coverage.
>
> So that $1/person covers aggregate costs for 40,425 people in 2007. To
> hit that 2007 cost level, everyone must kick in $20/day. That's higher
> than the average daily food costs per person in the US ($7 per day
> according to
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/health/nutrition/04well.html/?_r=1
> )
>
> Ouch.
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