Four Universal Health Care Alternatives |
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Proposal | Loss of Jobs | Loss in Payroll Taxes (billions) |
Tax Increase Effect |
Increase in Personal Income Tax |
Medicaid expansion | 30,618 | $1.274 | $78 | 23% |
Pooling the uninsured | 61,488 | $2.558 | $187 | 46% |
Multi-payer system | 54,188 | $2.255 | $127 | 13% |
Single-payer system | 117,531 | $4.890 | $746 | 33% |
Source: Beacon Hill Institute, November 2001 |