>"But the biggest reason German health costs are so much lower, experts say, is that doctors are paid less. This largely reflects Germany's concerted efforts to keep costs down over the past two decades."
Yes, this supports my statement. I said the medical lobby has artificially constricted the supply of doctors. Limited supply means higher wages. I'm not familiar with the German system, they may have done other things such as price fixing to keep wages lower. Personally, I'd prefer having "too many" doctors. This would give me more personal choice to choose the one I like the most while simultaneously keeping prices reasonable.
>You have provided no evidence to back up this claim. What makes you so certain that it's true?
Here's the first article that came up when I googled the subject. https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/why-america-is-losin.... It talks about issues of poverty, adolescent pregnancy, etc.
===Most experts estimate that modern medical care delivered to individual patients—such as physician and hospital treatments covered by health insurance—has only been responsible for between ten and twenty-five percent of the improvements in life expectancy over the last century. The rest has come from changes in the social determinants of health, particularly in early childhood.====
>Why have you dismissed this potential outcome?
As noted above the majority of improved health outcomes are not the result of access to healthcare at all. Let's be generous and use the highest percentage in the stat provided above: 25%. So now we're only at 25% of healthcare gains at all, and the fraction of that that isn't actually affordable either by the individual themselves, through their insurance coverage, or provided by charity. We're talking a really tiny fraction of gains here.