I mean the profit margins for running a benefits program. That money alone would not even be a drop in the bucket for what we need to achieve as a country. We need to work together in a multi-payer system to achieve.
If you could allow me a brief example here, I'm going to say there's a patient A with a $100 claim and no coverage. Let's get them that $100. Patient B has 80% coverage through their employer. The employer plan pays $80 and the patient pays $20. Now that patient is struggling. Let's figure out how to get them that $20. In the third example, if I may, there's an 80% coverage. The employer pays $80, the patient pays $20. For four out of five people, that's working great. Why disturb that?
The last one is a fourth scenario, where two spouses have 80% and they coordinate. They're zero out of pocket. It works great.
With scenario one, with a single-payer, the government pays $400. In scenario two, it's $140.