- Percentage American family's health care premiums have gone up over past decade = 54%
- Number of American families who file for bankruptcy every year because of medical bills = 530,000
- Percentage of Americans who support Medicare for all = 70%
- Amount of money Medicare for all would save in health care spending over first decade = $5.1 Trillion
- Amount of money health insurance companies spent lobbying congress last year = $117 million
Source, The New Republic, March, 2020, p.8
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