The GDP of the USA is 31.86 trillion dollars, and it's population is 330 million or around that number.
We spend 5 trillion dollars a year on Healthcare. That's very close to a 1/6, of our GDP.

The GDP of the European Union is 23 trillion dollars (lower than the US GDP.), with a population of around 450 million people, they spend a combined 1.72 trillion dollars on Universal Healthcare, which by many accounts is superior to the USA's, with the exception of "Specialists". That's less than a 10th of the combined GDP of the European Union.
Please explain how this works?

The USA price gauges Healthcare costs to 1/3 of our GDP when a larger economic union managed to drive it's healthcare cost down to 1/10th of their GDP, and it actually benefits their people, without bankrupting them?
How in the hell does this work?
The outcomes are superior across the board.
From Maternal Mortality, to Life Expectancy.

Can the US accomplish 3 things.
No Death Panels (Remember, Dialysis was a private technology, that death panels were used for, until, Nixon made Dialysis a universal healthcare program.)
Can the Patient who is suffering and cognoscente be granted the right to Euthanasia if they request it?
Can we built a system that doesn't restrict expensive treatments for the citizens who need it?
Both Private and Universal Healthcare have this problem, so it stands to reason that this doesn't make Universal Healthcare worse than Private Healthcare.
...and to be fair, what would Republican Millionaires actually be worried about when they could access private facilities anyway? Since I'm assuming that would survive just for them.

Now, I know the GOP has two talking points downing Europe and Socialized medicine, but they worship vets, and all of the vets want to move to Germany, because it's better than the USA.
So...I'm curious, why would most of the vets, or their children, or anyone want to move to a country that has a functioning Universal Healthcare System, if Socialized Medicine was evil.
Obviously you don't like private practitioners, and have no desire to go over there, and show them the glory of price gauging (Not that it would work in Germany, they actually have a functioning education system.)

The Math is not Mathing in the USA, when compared to a larger economic union.
We have a serious accounting problem in the USA.

https://www.pgpf.org/article/how-does-the-us-healthcare-system-compare-to-other-countries/

How does the GOP keep getting away with spreading bullshit, when the math appears to be so basic even a caveman could understand it?

Now, what I might hear is that the taxes are what's gonna get you.
And for a worker, whose making the lowest wage, that might be true, but it might not be true.

Before you say it would cost TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IT WOULD ALSO SAVE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

If you believe in trickle down economics, then that would prevent 3 trillion dollars from being sucked into the current disjointed Healthcare system, it could keep the labor force financially healthy.
Now, if you're an advocate of trickle down economics, assuming something resembling one of the plethora of European models could be adapted, you have to admit, 3 trillion being pulled back into the economy is pretty juicy.
It means that the workers who are making low wages potentially can make more money.
If "Trickle Down Economics" is to be believed, then you'd have a hell of a reservoir.
In a sum of time, you could pay off the national debt with some of that.
Assuming that no trillionaires build a reservoir at the top of the mountain.

In Texas alone such a policy could save a quarter trillion dollars a year.

Hi! This is my first time actually posting on Reddit (plz be nice). I am hoping to gather some data for my report and speech to use as a primary source.

It’s a business communications class, but I chose the topic of American Healthcare because, well - I think it’s more like a business here - I’m still working on my thesis statement, so any help with that would be great too.

So far I’m between why employer sponsored plans shouldn’t be a thing & just how the general privatization of this industry is a net negative on society.

Anyway here is my survey. I have already been told it sways more liberal but I really think it shouldn’t be a bipartisan issue & the questions don’t seem impartial to me?

Idk if I need to say this but please only answer if you are in the US :-)

Another blow for physicians in US Healthcare. Please share and let other know about hospitals behaving badly.

The enhanced subsidies that kept ACA premiums affordable expired at the end of 2025. Here's what happened next:

• Average premiums jumped 26% in 2026
• Average deductibles grew 37%, from $2,759 to $3,786, the steepest single-year increase ever recorded
• 21% of federal marketplace enrollees failed to pay their January premiums
• Georgia saw a 28% drop in premium payments in April vs April 2025
• New Jersey hit an 11.6% payment failure rate
• Wakely Consulting Group estimates total 2026 enrollment will end up 17% to 26% lower than 2025

The people who didn't drop coverage entirely mostly downgraded. Bronze plan enrollment jumped from 30% to 40% of all selections, which means millions of people are now technically insured but carrying $3,786 deductibles they likely can't afford to use.

New Mexico is the only state that actually held the line, they used state funds to cover the subsidy gap themselves.

The 2027 rates aren't finalized yet but analysts aren't expecting things to improve. Insurers are pricing in ongoing enrollment decline and uncertainty, which tends to push premiums higher, which pushes more people out, which pushes premiums higher again.

How bad does this have to get before it becomes a political emergency?

Source

I understand why some people believe healthcare should be mostly private, because competition can encourage better services and innovation. However, I respectfully disagree because I think healthcare is a basic human need, and everyone should have access to affordable medical care regardless of their income.

Let’s have a respectful debate about this topic.