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Go ahead, tards, pound the final nail into the coffin that is your state. People are already moving away. Go ahead and drive them all out.
New York collected about $71 billion in tax revenue last year. In 2019, when the single-payer plan would be enacted, the state expects to vacuum up about $82 billion. To pay for health care for all New Yorkers, though, the state would need to find another $91 billion annually.
And that's the optimistic view. In reality, the program is likely to cost more—a lot more.
New York’s Single-Payer Health Care Plan Would Be More Expensive Than New York’s Entire State Government