> Yep, you already pay the most for healthcare in the world Our government already spends as much on healthcare as many governments with socialized medicine.

> Yep, you already pay the most for healthcare in the world Our government already spends as much on healthcare as many governments with socialized medicine. If it was simple then we would already have it. > We have far fewer economies of scale - our entire population is only slightly larger than the population of LA in a country larger than the UK And that’s exactly why the push for socialized healthcare scares so many Americans. Countries like NZ clearly demonstrate it can be done at the state level. So left leaning states can implement it and over the course of 10-15 years they can prove to the other states it is a better system. Instead they want to push it at the federal level exposing the entire country to the risk. > Health insurer and pharmaceutical company shareholders might get a lower dividend. I think it might result in a lot less R&D, less capable doctors, etc.