> High-income wage earners on the US typically get health insurance from their job This increase the total cost of labor which effectively is the same. Of cour

> High-income wage earners on the US typically get health insurance from their job This increase the total cost of labor which effectively is the same. Of course on the higher end paying a lump sum is way more optimal than an extra 10% tax to fund healthcare. If your income is low.. we’ll it’s a highly regressive system without government support. And with government subsidies it becomes effectively the same just extra hoops.