2 years ago total us healthcare spending was $3T or a little less than $10K per person....except where the other posters live because I am sure people pay patients to let them treat them the way their versions of reality have been flowingDoes anyone have an idea of how much a universal healthcare system in America would cost every taxpayer compared to what we're paying for the ACA costs now?
However, that's in a perfect world. Not everyone is taxed evenly, nor would it be the case if we were to implement UHC in this country. I'm wondering if UHC would actually break the average person's budget to implement such a program. If I make $14/hour and have to pay $6,000 a year towards the ACA, that's an extra $115 a week out of a net pay of $440.
The fundamental problem with UHC in the US is that there are so many for profit providers. To be sustainable, we would essentially additionally have to buy up the hospitals/HMO's, etc to save money and still have care. That way we could negotiate for band aids in large bulk instead of depending on for profits negotiating and then marking them up and then expecting the gubbermint to pay for them.