New revenue options towards a single-payer U.S. health care system.
Revenue Source | Amount per year (in billions) |
---|---|
Business premiums set at 8% of current health care costs (except smallest) | $623 |
Sales tax of 3.75% on non-essential items | $196 |
Recurring tax of 0.36% on all wealth over $1 million | $193 |
Taxing long-term capital gains as regular income | $69 |
Total | $1,081 |