You're assuming they have much lower costs because of socialized medicine -- that's not necessarily the case.
But my broader point is just that universal health care is not an honest description of what it is, and our costs are so great we're unlikely to ever implement such a wealth transfer.
It's a lot less pie-in-the-sky IMHO to focus on bringing costs down. UHC could help in some ways but it's a broad assumption to make that if say Medicare paid for everything prices would just automatically start to drop.
But my broader point is just that universal health care is not an honest description of what it is, and our costs are so great we're unlikely to ever implement such a wealth transfer.
It's a lot less pie-in-the-sky IMHO to focus on bringing costs down. UHC could help in some ways but it's a broad assumption to make that if say Medicare paid for everything prices would just automatically start to drop.