a bit off topic, but the time to implement a new public health care system in a country that does not have one is way past.
Most countries put up their system after the war when the over 65 population was relatively small, about 1 for ever 10 working age adults. Most consumers of health care, not surprisingly, are us old fogeys. As the proportion of "elderly" has increased, healthcare costs have steadily exploded, at the same time as the revenue base has gone down since you have less kids who are becoming adults and entering the work force. You are now looking at 3-4 working age adults for every one over 65 and that proportion should go down to 1-2 in the next 20-30 years. That is what is referred to as the "demographic time bomb".
There is also a limit on how much you can increase taxes to pay for it. "Tax the rich" is a nice slogan, but most of a developped economy's tax revenues comes from the middle/working classes and tax payers have a hard time accepting tax rates that are much above 50%. Young adults entering the workforce are also not interested in paying high taxes to finance services for seniors which they may not have when they turn 65.
"medicare for all" is a nice slogan, but totally unworkable as a practical system in the USA.
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