Universal HealthcareBy NextBestFit
Phase 4: Wave 4: everyone · Step 4.4

Coordinate with continuing payers: workers' comp, auto, VA, TRICARE, IHS

Years 1–4 · UHA; state workers' comp agencies & insurance regulators; VA; Defense Health Agency; IHS & tribesDiscuss this step
← All costs for this step

Workers' comp, worksite clinics, temporary disability

Workers' compensation stays a separate system (it also replaces lost wages), but it pays UHP rates and UHP recovers medical costs from workers' comp carriers.

Result
$55.1B
$55.1B → $55.1B
Per resident, per year
$162
÷ 341.1M people
Per household
$417
÷ 132.2M households

How it's calculated

#StepArithmeticValue
1
2024 amount (CMS NHE Tables 5-1 to 5-4)
Sources: CMS Office of the Actuary (2025)
$55.1B
2
Treatment: continues
$0.0B
3
Under the plan
$55.1B
Trade-off: Continues as before.
Sources: CMS Office of the Actuary (2025)