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You don't have to look further than Canada to know that isn't true. My taxes are not significantly different from yours and I don't have to pay for insanely high medical insurance on top of that. Quality of treatment is fine and wait times aren't significantly different (but vary according to need).

I don't know how anyone can with a straight face argue that the US healthcare system is efficient with regards to money, time, or outcome compared to most single payer systems.