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We pay income tax to cover people with no money, too (guess what, everyone in the civilized world subsidizes healthcare for the poor. And they always will, as they should.). Yet we still have people with no coverage who end up getting treatment anyway and driving up costs when they don't pay.Because they factor in accessibility to the masses and out of pocket costs. If they included personal income tax as "out of pocket cost" which it is, you are paying for it -- the data would be skewed. Canada wins because if you're a jobless bum, you still get access. I guess you can consider that a win.
Nevertheless -- the actual treatment you get in the states is better. Rankings in the OP demonstrate this.
Show me the WHO ranking broken down by category
And that's on top of insurance, deductible, copay, and out of pocket max. And anything that requires a hospital stay is almost guaranteed to hit your max (mine is 7k for the family), because it is so fucking expensive. $1500 for an ambulance ride, $1000 or so a night for your stay. Then whatever procedure you had, medication, every specialist that drops by to check your temperature. You are still getting bills a year later for shit like a special anesthesiologist that spent 5 minutes in your room one day. So that's 6k in premiums, around 10k combined between me and my wife in taxes, then if we actually have to use any of it, as much as another 7k. That's assuming whatever you need done is covered, which is not always the case.
And every November we enjoy the fun experience of renewing our insurance plan. They change shit all the time so you have to sit down with 12 different plan outlines and figure out what's the best fit for you and your family. It's a PITA.
I'm not sold on any particular solution, personally. I kind of like the idea of DPC's and concierge doctors for routine care, and medicare catastrophic for all. But I would sure like someone to do the cost benefit analysis and lay it out for us as to what the taxes would be for single payer, so we can compare and make an informed decision. Unfortunately in America we can't do that because our government is a gaggle of useless twerps who are incapable of discussing anything like adults.