>I personally find it very comforting that (at least at in principle) both the rich and poor wait in the same line.
That's rarely the case. For stuff like consumer goods (ie. getting the iphone on launch day, a few years ago) the rich person can buy it off a scalper, or pay someone to stand in life for them. For healthcare they can just fly to a private clinic.
There’s a lot of ways in which the cost of healthcare in US is inflated due to restrictions and monopolies. Don’t form an opinion on the premise that healthcare is intractable expensive.
Only if they were capable of paying for it as well. That is a big assumption for something as expensive as healthcare.
I personally find it very comforting that (at least at in principle) both the rich and poor wait in the same line.