most of its being subsidized by govt, via insurance companies its just that people never benefit from thsoe taxes paid, via through medical procedures, hospitals, medication that are from private corporations. besides they have low cost health insurance for service members, which is universal(tricare),

medicaid/care is the govt already negotatited prices(which should be the norm) that keeps cost low. besides other countries also have private healthcare if the public version is too slow. you can have both.