There's a big difference between training, staffing, and funding free health care when we're talking about a doctor's bag and penicillin vs MRIs and monoclonal antibodies.
> every single other country has free healthcare, lower costs, and better outcomes than USA.
Aside from those first two being mutually exclusive, no, they don't all.
There are a large variety of funding methods, ultimate out of pocket costs, and outcomes throughout the world.
The US is certainly an outlier based on {total spent of healthcare}:{health outcomes}, but it's generally in the middle of the pack in terms of GDP-adjusted out-of-pocket costs. (Mostly as a consequence of private insurance + Medicare/aid)
It's easiest if you sort by decreasing coverage, then look at all the 100% coverage countries, which tend to be developed.
To summarize though, aside from single payer, mandatory public-private hybrid and private are also used.
And you should look into the numbers before making absolute statements.
The facts, in contrast to how you stated it:
- The US spends more per capita on healthcare than many (all?) other countries
- Of that, an average amount is out of pocket (relative to developed country peers)
- The US has some poor metrics, particularly in maternal mortality and lifestyle diseases, but is average on others (relative to developed country peers)
- Because of EMTALA [0], all Americans within range of a hospital (that accepts Medicaid) have access to emergency care, whether or not they're insured. The primary problem with access is the scarcity of rural doctors, especially generalists (an AMA/federal-government problem because of limits put in place in the 80s)
> every single other country has free healthcare, lower costs, and better outcomes than USA.
Aside from those first two being mutually exclusive, no, they don't all.
There are a large variety of funding methods, ultimate out of pocket costs, and outcomes throughout the world.
You'd probably find this an interesting read: https://ourworldindata.org/financing-healthcare
The US is certainly an outlier based on {total spent of healthcare}:{health outcomes}, but it's generally in the middle of the pack in terms of GDP-adjusted out-of-pocket costs. (Mostly as a consequence of private insurance + Medicare/aid)