[theSpaceOctopus]

> So, if we adopted a true single payer system, by this math, the total spend in the US healthcare system would drop by 3%. US healthcare costs have recently been growing by 6% per year, so this would bring our costs all the way down to where they were on election day, 2016.

But with the "true single payer" system you mentioned, everyone would be covered, and have equal access to care?

Including the ~28 million Americans without care?[1]

For the same costs as Election Day, 2016?

That sounds like a pretty good start to me.

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/health-insurance.htm