>
> [Admittedly, universal coverage done the wrong way might also
> generate just as many jobs -- until it went broke through fiscal
> constraints. Funny how the O administration, with all its concerned
> with the fiscal medium term, isn't considering single payer on that
> ground alone.]
>
> http://www.calnurses.org/media-center/press-releases/2009/january/first-of-its-kind-study-medicare-for-all-single-payer-reform-would-be-major-stimulus-for-economy-with-2-6-million-new-jobs-317-billion-in-business-revenue-100-billion-in-wages.html
>
> Establishing a national single-payer style healthcare reform system
> would provide a major stimulus for the U.S. economy by creating 2.6
> million new jobs, and infusing $317 billion in new business and
> public revenues, with another $100 billion in wages into the U.S.
> economy, according to the findings of a groundbreaking study
> released [January 14, 2009].
>
> Report at:
>
> http://www.calnurses.org/research/pdfs/ihsp_sp_economic_study_2009.pdf
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January 15, 2009 Michael Lighty of the California Nurses Association on the economic impact of health care and a wished-for transition to single-payer