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A new study has found that Medicare for All would save over 100,000 lives in the U.S. per year while also reducing Americans’ health care spending by more than $1 trillion annually.

Yale University and University of Maryland researchers have estimated that the universal single payer health care system introduced in the Medicare for All Act would prevent 114,000 deaths per year.

Over half of lives saved would be of Americans who are currently underinsured or uninsured, and another 20,000 would be from the 14 million Americans who are slated to lose their insurance due to Republicans’ Big Beautiful Bill, the researchers found. Medicare for All would additionally save another 21,000 lives of seniors who can’t afford their prescription drugs or quality nursing home care.

One of the most common criticisms levied against Medicare for All is the cost. However, the research reiterated previous findings that the program would actually dramatically reduce health care spending.

The researchers found that a universal, single payer system would actually reduce the U.S.’s overall spending by over $1 trillion yearly. This is a reduction of nearly 20........

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