>> This is quite evidently not how most socialized healthcare systems work. This is how socialized healthcare systems work. In an ideal world, everyone would g

>> This is quite evidently not how most socialized healthcare systems work. This is how socialized healthcare systems work. In an ideal world, everyone would get the healthcare they needed whatever the cost. We live in a world with finite resources. A single payer healthcare system is not free from these constraints. The British socialized healthcare system for example will allocate up to $25K-$40K to buy a year of healthy life. > [National Institute for Health and Care Excellence] uses a unit of measurement called the "Qaly" - the "quality-adjusted life year". It gauges drug effectiveness in terms of how much it would cost to give you a year of healthy life. >[National Institute for Health and Care Excellence] aims to spend less than £20,000 to £30,000 per Qaly. That is not a hard limit; it will go almost twice as high for end-of-life drugs [1] [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/health-28983924 https://www.bbc.com/news/health-28983924