Time to talk about healthcare total cost of ownership

The debate over healthcare and how it should proceed has apparently come down to either keeping what we've got, going back to what we had, or Medicare for All. At least, that's how things are being framed for a coming presidential election. At stake is the cost and delivery of 17.9% of the country's entire gross domestic product—$3.5 trillion in 2017 and heading north from there.