Il corona virus è il vero game changer delle elezioni Presidenziali negli Usa a Novembre.
Molti americani cominciano a valutare cosa vuol dire l'assistenza sanitaria ( che negli Usa costa un patrimonio visto che assorbe il 17% del Pil ..quasi il doppio di ciò che costa ,ad esempio,in Italia ).
Stralcio dal FT.
Americans’ concerns over medical costs have risen sharply during the 2020 presidential campaign, with more than a third of voters now believing the high price of healthcare is the biggest threat to the US economy, according to a poll for the Financial Times. The survey of likely voters for the FT and the Peter G Peterson Foundation found 34 per cent of Americans believe increasing healthcare costs are the darkest cloud hanging over the US economy, up from 26 per cent five months ago. Those fears were most pronounced in swing states in the Midwest: 39 per cent of voters in Michigan and Wisconsin cited healthcare costs as the biggest threat. Concerns have also risen sharply among political moderates, with 40 per cent of self-identified independents singling out medical costs; only 29 per cent of independents cited healthcare as the top threat five months ago, when the FT first began polling. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, healthcare now accounts for 17.7 per cent of the US economy, by far the largest percentage in any developed economy. And while the growth in US medical costs has slowed in recent years, it still far outstrips inflation, increasing 4.6 per cent in 2018 and 4.2 per cent in 2017, according to the most recent data available. The rise in fears over healthcare costs comes as several leading Democratic presidential candidates — notably Bernie Sanders, the US senator from Vermont — have spent months touting plans to overhaul the current healthcare system. Exit polls from almost all major Super Tuesday states — including California, Texas, North Carolina and Virginia — showed healthcare was the single biggest issue for voters when choosing candidates; former US vice-president Joe Biden and Mr Sanders mostly split those voters evenly. "
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