The US already spends a large percentage of GDP on public health care (medicare and medicaid). It's just that it spends much more in private on top of that. I

The US already spends a large percentage of GDP on public health care (medicare and medicaid). It's just that it spends much more in private on top of that. I quickly found some numbers from 2008. All numbers are a percentage of GDP: US: 7.4% public, 8.5% private Switzerland: 6.3% public, 4.4% private Sweden: 7.7% public, 1.7% private France: 8.7% public, 2.5% private graphic: https://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/health-care-spending-in-the-united-states-selected-oecd-countries_chart10.gif?w=675&h=349&zoom=2 https://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/h... kff study: https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/snapshots-health-care-spending-in-the-united-states-selected-oecd-countries/ https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/snapshots-healt...