Should the United States adopt a universal healthcare system?

Americans die younger than citizens of every other high-income country. The Commonwealth Fund regularly ranks the US last among peer nations on access, equity, and outcomes despite spending far more per person. Commonwealth Fund. The UK's NHS and Canada's Medicare are not perfect, and their critics love wait-time anecdotes, but no Briton loses their house over a hospital bill and no Canadian gets a surprise $40,000 invoice. A universal system means negotiating drug prices nationally, which is why insulin costs a tenth as much across the border. We already run universal systems for seniors and veterans through Medicare and the VA. The question is not whether government can run health care. It already does, for the most expensive patients, while private insurers profit on the healthy.