A point I can't help repeat: the US already has greater public healthcare spending than almost all countries that have universal public healthcare [1]. To fix

A point I can't help repeat: the US already has greater public healthcare spending than almost all countries that have universal public healthcare [1]. To fix the damn system: Step 1. Decide on an amount you want to spend on public healthcare. Step 2. Fund an external body (for an example see [2]) to figure out which treatments will result in the most bang (roughly speaking QALY's) for your chosen buck. This will result in some hospitals and some treatments not being funded because they are too expensive. Step 3. Watch the private insurance market become sane private and hospital cost disease reverse because they have to compete with fairly decent public health coverage. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita#/media/File:OECD_health_expenditure_per_capita_by_country.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_hea... [2] https://www.pharmac.govt.nz/about/your-guide-to-pharmac/factsheet-01-introduction-to-pharmac/ https://www.pharmac.govt.nz/about/your-guide-to-pharmac/fact...