We’ve never had as good of healthcare options as we have today. There is zero argument against this. John D. Rockefeller may have been the wealthiest people ever, relatively speaking, but a simple skin cut could have led to his death from tetanus in 1910.
Our trained individuals, technology and pharmaceuticals are perhaps the greatest achievable in history especially in the last 75 years. The US capitalist system has led to this, and the people behind healthcare want to be compensated for their work.
we definitely can give healthcare away for low $ amounts but that will greatly slow the continuing progression of healthcare. You also are not going to have a Level 1 Trauma center fully staffed by offering the medical professionals $70k per year. Personally if I’m in an auto accident I want the neurosurgeon with 20 years of training and he now earns $750k per year. I don’t want the 1870s barber/surgeon who accepts payments in chickens.
finally ever healthcare system in the world rations healthcare in some form. It’s a lie to say otherwise.