How much are you paying for Health Insurance in 2026?

It's a pragmatic solution to a country heavily in debt that spends the bulk of healthcare costs on seniors over 65. I would go further and say that no public money should be spent on any treatments for those above 80. You would be surprised how much is spent on our two main killers -- heart disease and cancer... close to half a trillion dollars.

Fast Facts: Health and Economic Costs of Chronic Conditions | Chronic Disease | CDC



80 year old billionaire Steve Forbes disagrees though, lol.

What I think is interesting about the big pharma/corporate mindset to this is to keep pouring billions into innovation while circumventing root causes. Solving root causes takes away the money tree. They all want their Novo Nordisk (who ironically are a European company) magic product with massive profits. So if the consensus amongst citizens is more "health care" as opposed to the innovation markup that America is at the forefront of, then there has to be some kind of social score. We see this with SNAP that Americans don't want to pay for people abusing their bodies or taking advantage of the system. This also incentivizes ordinary people to not live off junk food or overindulge with cigarettes/alcohol.

I just find it incredibly naive to compare France to America when we know how different the food and health of the population is over there. In America only the wealthy have access to good nutrition, but in Europe it's the standard. Lo and behold, our wall of shame --

Ranking (% obesity by country) | World Obesity Federation Global Obesity Observatory

America, the only developed country in the top 10 of obesity behind a bunch of Samoan nations.

France, #143 in the world. Many walkable cities and a far more active lifestyle. It's a waste of time to ignore these cultural and genetic factors and say well... if it works in France or an Asian nation with a low bf % population, it will work here. So I agree our primary issue is the cost of care in the US (look at the billing sheet on your next visit to a doctor, a simple swab ends up being over a thousand with a ton of lateral costs that insurance covers, but it has no business being that high in the first place), but it takes two to tango. If we want to move towards universal health care, citizens themselves will have to change their own lifestyles to bring down the cost of care.