Potentially I am misunderstanding you. My point is that we already pay $2 Trillion dollars for existing single payer healthcare (Medicare/Medicaid). I think it

Potentially I am misunderstanding you. My point is that we already pay $2 Trillion dollars for existing single payer healthcare (Medicare/Medicaid). I think it's fair to call that extremely expensive. You say that universal single payer healthcare would have a huge price tag, my point is that we are already paying a huge price tag ($2 Trillion) but just not getting universal single payer healthcare as a result of this spending. My point is that we could have universal single payer healthcare without raising taxes if it cost less than or equal to ~$5800 per person per year. UK spends ~$4800 per person per year on their single payer healthcare. Note: This just considers existing taxes spent on existing single payer healthcare. This doesn't consider other healthcare spending. The majority of the US get's their insurance through employment-based plans. Some pretty reasonable percentage buy their plans directly through the marketplace. And some pretty reasonable percentage don't have health insurance.