> every single other country has free healthcare, lower costs, and better outcomes than USA.
Aside from those first two being mutually exclusive, no, they don't all.
There are a large variety of funding methods, ultimate out of pocket costs, and outcomes throughout the world.
You'd probably find this an interesting read: https://ourworldindata.org/financing-healthcare
The US is certainly an outlier based on {total spent of healthcare}:{health outcomes}, but it's generally in the middle of the pack in terms of GDP-adjusted out-of-pocket costs. (Mostly as a consequence of private insurance + Medicare/aid)
usa has by far highest cost and worst outcomes. practically speaking, most americans don't have access to medical care.
It's easiest if you sort by decreasing coverage, then look at all the 100% coverage countries, which tend to be developed.
To summarize though, aside from single payer, mandatory public-private hybrid and private are also used.
And you should look into the numbers before making absolute statements.
The facts, in contrast to how you stated it:
- The US spends more per capita on healthcare than many (all?) other countries
- Of that, an average amount is out of pocket (relative to developed country peers)
- The US has some poor metrics, particularly in maternal mortality and lifestyle diseases, but is average on others (relative to developed country peers)
- Because of EMTALA [0], all Americans within range of a hospital (that accepts Medicaid) have access to emergency care, whether or not they're insured. The primary problem with access is the scarcity of rural doctors, especially generalists (an AMA/federal-government problem because of limits put in place in the 80s)
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Treatment_...
every single other country has free healthcare, lower costs, and better outcomes than USA.