Health Policy Simulator

Explore the trade-offs: Who pays for lunch? Someone always does. Adjust spending levels to see the real cost—debt, taxes, and who really subsidizes whom.

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Medicaid Expansion

Extend coverage to low-income adults in non-expansion states. Covers millions, shifts costs to federal/state budgets.

Drug Price Negotiation

Allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices. Reduces costs for seniors, impacts pharma revenue.

Preventive Care Mandate

Require insurers to cover preventive services at no cost. Improves outcomes long-term, increases premiums.

Medicare for All

Universal government-funded healthcare. Eliminates uninsured, requires major tax increases.

Telehealth Expansion

Permanent coverage for remote care. Improves access, reduces facility costs, shifts to tech infrastructure.

Mental Health Parity

Equal coverage for mental and physical health. Addresses care gaps, increases utilization and costs.

Long-Term Care Expansion

Universal coverage for nursing home and home care. Addresses aging population, massive cost burden.

Price Transparency Mandate

Require hospitals to publish all prices upfront. Empowers consumers, reduces surprise billing.

Value-Based Care Incentives

Shift from fee-for-service to outcomes-based payments. Improves quality, disrupts provider revenue.

ACA Repeal & Reduction

Eliminate or significantly reduce Affordable Care Act subsidies and mandates. Saves billions, increases uninsured.

Medicare Benefit Cuts

Reduce Medicare coverage, raise eligibility age, increase cost-sharing. Reduces federal spending, shifts costs to seniors.

Medicaid Restrictions

Tighten eligibility, add work requirements, reduce benefits. Saves state/federal budgets, reduces coverage.

Simulated outcomes over 10 years

People Covered

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Additional individuals with coverage

Annual Cost

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Additional annual spending

Lives Saved

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Estimated preventable deaths/year

Economic Impact

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GDP impact (positive or negative)

Premium Impact

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Estimated annual change per household

💰 Who Pays for Lunch?

✅ Who Benefits?

⚖️ Trade-offs & Unintended Consequences

💰 Adjust Policy Scope

Move from the status quo (0%) to the policy as proposed (100%) or an even more aggressive version (200%).

Status quo (0% change) Proposal (100%) More aggressive proposal
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📈 Debt Accumulation: The Burden on Future Taxpayers

Current U.S. National Debt: ~$34 Trillion

Additional debt from this policy over 10 years (assuming no spending cuts elsewhere):

Interest payments alone add billions annually. Future generations inherit this burden.

💸 Your Tax Change

How much your total tax bill changes annually (federal + state), based on a median household income of $70,000.

These are annual changes — negative values mean lower taxes (taxpayers net recipients), positive values mean higher taxes. Over time they compound.

🔍 Who Really Subsidizes Whom?

Net transfer analysis: Who pays more than they receive? All values below are per member of each group (per household, per enrollee, per hospital, etc.), not per the whole population.