Reading this discussion, it occurs to me that one side effect of socialized medicine is that the rich would pay a larger share of the total bill.
See thread about whether the rich pay enough taxes:
This strikes me as a good outcome, speaking as someone who would probably pay more, but who would find the freedom from worry with it even without the benefit to others. But i suspect that’s one of the reasons we didn’t have it. Heaven forfend that wealthy white property owners pay to subsidize the healthcare of poor brown laborers.