[knuththetruth]

>Wrong. I specifically linked to data showing government healthcare spending, not private healthcare spending

...that they pay in the context of a privatized healthcare system, largely to cover the disabled, elderly, and chronically unwell, who the privatized system sees as a profit center.

I don’t understand what you can’t or refuse to understand about this. Of course the pay more under this arrangement. They would pay less if they covered everyone and the system was nationalized, which, again, the historical example of Western Europe proves to be true.

[throwaway37585]

Why do you think U.S. government healthcare spending would decrease if it had to cover more people?