The way that I've seen GP's point expressed that makes sense to me is that the per-person cost to provide health-care for those special interests you mention is

The way that I've seen GP's point expressed that makes sense to me is that the per-person cost to provide health-care for those special interests you mention is roughly equivalent to the per-person tax burden in most other developed countries to care for everyone. That gives me a useful handle on how gob-smackingly wasteful the US system (writ large) actually is.