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It's estimated that US healthcare per-capita spending is 20% more than countries who use a single-payer program (that's nearly every other developed country in the world).

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Only the UK and Taiwan have a nation-wide single-payer healthcare system, although Canada comes sort of close with each state having its own separate single-payer system. Most countries use some sort of insurance model with varying levels of public/private provision and government and employer contribution. Switzerland is the only country with 100% private healthcare provision, but it offsets that with generous subsidies and having insurers offer a mandatory not-for-profit plan meeting legislated minimums.

https://www.vox.com/2020/1/13/21055327/everybody-covered

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