> Basically, the government doesn't pay for anything; only private insurers do. The US government spends about the same on healthcare as many other government

> Basically, the government doesn't pay for anything; only private insurers do. The US government spends about the same on healthcare as many other governments, which makes the terrible standard of care even more confusing. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthcaresystem/articles/howdoesukhealthcarespendingcompareinternationally/2016-11-01 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthan...