It isn't a "duh" problem in the US. Especially in the presence of less educated or rural communities, who buy media propaganda that socialized medicine kills gr

It isn't a "duh" problem in the US. Especially in the presence of less educated or rural communities, who buy media propaganda that socialized medicine kills grannies, and amongst retirees who are already getting thousand dollar checks each month from the government but don't want anyone else getting any benefits, because the uninsured are "jobless hippies". That, and there is a huge insurance lobby ripe with exploiting the corruption of congress and the 2 party oligopoly that keep pressure on maintaining insurer profits. We pay significantly more by having every uninsured person come in with emergency needs rather than seeking preventative care, but the average American doesn't care, because they "deserve it" for not having a job that gives insurance. The ideology is completely backwards, but intentional on the parts of those who profit off it.