All those countries with single payer health care also have tax rates that are SKY HIGH. They spend next to NOTHING on their own national defense ( because Uncle Sam is covering it for them ), and their debt to GDP ratios are higher than OURS.
No thank you.
I think it depends on the country.
File:Income Taxes By Country.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frankly, we could stand to spend a lot less on defense... to start with.
A few of those countries have a lower tax rate than we do on individuals. Japan for instance, has a lower income tax rate. The highest mean tax rate in Germany with 52%. Hardly crushing, given the fact they have universal health care and excellent government benefits. Even Merkel isn't proposing many cuts in that area.
If you count in your tax rate, what you are paying and what your employer pays on your behalf for health care, you'd probably be close to that 52% figure.
The more telling figure on health care is what percent of their GDP they spend on health care, not who is spending it.
List of countries by total health expenditure (PPP) per capita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
We spend 17% of our GDP on health care. Germany spends 11%. Japan spends 8.5%.
Guess which country gets the best results in figures like life expectency and infant mortality?