I wonder how the numbers (and the politics) would come out for a universal national healthcare system, but like the ones they tried to establish in the 1950s, that fully covers ONLY the treatments that were then available. So, like

YES treatment of infectious disease
YES vaccination
YES maternity care
YES trauma care
YES nursed bedrest and pallative care
NO macroscopic surgery
NO open-heart surgery
NO transplants
YES X-Rays
NO CAT scans
NO MRIs
YES dialysis
NO chemotherapy
YES tumor removal by surgery
Nitroglycerin for high blood pressure
NO antidepressants
NOT even Valium
MAYBE open-ended weekly psychotherapy