Quality does not equal performance.
For a few, the quality is amazing, but even Cuba does better at keeping its people healthy than we do.
Cuba regularly contributes to medicine same as we do and doctors are a national export, recognized around the world.
And just what is an "economically productive" person?
You do realize those numbers come from tons of other people, who work hard and too many of whom have no meaningful access to that quality medicine?
No, probably not.
Finally, there is how health care is funded, who has access, and how care, medicine is delivered.
Socialized medicine is the VA, and that is not what Medicare is.
Medicare is funding health care, not socialized medicine.
It is hard to consider your other points given these basic misalignments.
