> People who get sick and stay sick don't produce as much taxable income, so keeping citizens healthy is good.

In usa, almost all of healthcare spending is on chronic diseases of ppl who are on disablity and really old.

> How can typical Americans have peace of mind?

I've done the following

1. go on spouse insurance . both ppl must work in usa.

2. dip into your savings and enroll in obamacare

3. run out of savings and fall into medicare eligiblity

> The 1% in the U.S. might get better care than they would in a country with socialized medicine (depending on the country), but the average white collar worker does not

This is not correct. When i was on cheap obamacare i had to go to some horrible hospital in south chiacago and got horrible care. They didnt even give me bed to recover from surgery i was throwing up from nausea in the outpatient room.

I get to go to northwestern and treated like a king in a posh hospital on my employer insurance.

point 3 means basically optimize for not retaining wealth? =\