The astonishing statistic that results from this is that the US government spends more per-capita on healthcare period than universal healthcare countries, whil

The astonishing statistic that results from this is that the US government spends more per-capita on healthcare period than universal healthcare countries, while not even covering everybody. The government is on the hook for the old population and the poor population: the 2 most expensive subsets. Yet private insurance still isn't affordable despite only having to cover the lower-risk chunk of the pop. It's insane.