I have to laugh when people say "the US has the best healthcare system in the world". It might have the best healthcare....for those who can afford it and who have health insurance....but it definitely does not have the best healthcare system.

A nation's health and healthcare system should not be a profit center for large corporations. We already have the best nationalized, single-payer health care system in the world...it's called Medicare. Everyone should be covered by Medicare, no exceptions. Taxes for this would have to increase for all, but in the end it would be cheaper for all of us.

If Americans took into account the amount of money they already pay private health insurers for health coverage and benefits in a variety of other, often hidden ways, through auto/home/commercial/workman's comp/product liability/malpractice and dozens of other forms of private insurance they are forced to purchase, they would be much better off paying an increase in federal taxes for Medicare for All. The way it is now, we are only enriching the insurance thieves.