> If this is net-negative, then that indicates a problem with the tax system (or possibly the healthcare system is to generous in the long term). Given the num

> If this is net-negative, then that indicates a problem with the tax system (or possibly the healthcare system is to generous in the long term). Given the number of anecdotal and statistical horrors that occur where the US healthcare system denies large numbers of people care that is unambiguously necessary, I suspect that the larger financial issue lies in the tax system. To be clear: there are huge areas of terrible waste and broken behavior in the healthcare system (to the point that it costs far more than comparable systems in other countries), I just think the missing taxation-responsibility angle is more significant.