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You get your house in order and payoff the debt stop policing the world. You can impose a 5% flat Income tax or eliminate Income tax all together. The US is pretty much self sufficient.

Lets take Healthcare 3.8 Trillion per year. Real out of pocket cost is about 1.5 Trillion.

I am single payer person. 322,000,000 people X 100 per month per person X 12 Months = 3.86 Trillion. 20 dollar copay no deductible lets say on everything another 1/2 Trillion. That is 4.36 Trillion. Medicaid 300 Billion. 4.06 Trillion - 3.86 Trillion = 200 Billion surplus. Government run and regulated with fixed cost. If you just go on cost you have a 2.56 Trillion surplus. Why should insurance companies and stock holders be making that 2.56 Trillion per year?

How are premium paid for. Medicare covered 104 per month all ready. Medicaid paid for already in budget. Most employers figure $1-2 per hour in insurance they cover. Family of 4. 2 people working 40 hour week 2 kids. Insurance premium $400 per months employer responsibility left say $1 per hour $356 per month your family premium $46 per month for a family of 4. Single premium per month $0.