While that's probably true, it's difficult to have a comprehensive individual patient cost comparison because medical issues are so diverse, and some people do

While that's probably true, it's difficult to have a comprehensive individual patient cost comparison because medical issues are so diverse, and some people do indeed consider some issues to not require immediate attention. But I imagine only a financially unhealthy government would strip the health care system's funding for all things that the general population considers a basic requirement. And if your government has financial straits that dire, you're going to have so many problems in all aspects of life, not just health care. What's the point of being healthy if everything else is a living hell? Not saying this is a good argument for or against single payer. I am saying that whether or not single payer should be the system is probably an unimportant question for an insolvent government's populace.