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The US pays more as a percentage of GDP for Medicaid/Medicare/Veterans healthcare than the UK spends on the entire NHS (which covers 100% of people).

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This is often overlooked in the health care debate. If the US paid European prices for health care, the government could give everyone free healthcare without raising taxes at all.

I think they could lower taxes. [1]

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