My point is narrow. We arent talking about the viability of the welfare state.
In the US, in fact, medical costs make up a higher %, and per capita absolute ependiture, than in Euro countries. The US is worse off IN THIS PART of its own welfare state than Europe.
Healthcare is welfare, so you are talking about the viability of healthcare when you are talking about the viability of the socialist state. Europe, in its desire to have its socialism, is choosing to go extinct rather than admit they were wrong.
They have delivered their children to enslavement and extinction rather than try to have a system that works.
Until you show me an audit to show all sources of funding in Europe and the US that goes towards their respective healthcare systems, it’s not with credibility that European healthcare is cheaper than the US. Taxes on goods and services, to pay for healthcare, leaves you poor than no taxes on goods and healthcare.