Many countries around the world have both public and private healthcare, so there's no reason why one would exclude the other. What's happening right now though is that private insurers are buying American politicians (in both parties) to ensure that public healthcare doesn't get anymore entrenched because they all know most people would leave the private healthcare system for the public one since the government will be able to better negotiate and result in cheaper healthcare overall.

Starbucks makes a fortune selling overpriced coffee and the employees aren't making a lot of money. If they paid exceptionally well and gave health benefits, I'd be more impressed. Also, employed people are generally healthy. They can also fire people and pull those benefits.

Now I would like the government to come up with some sort of affordable public healthcare solution, but thus far dems are more talk than viable ideas. The solutions they do suggest are never affordable either which is why no single state has tried it.

On a side note, a vast majority of the country does have healthcare. I'm guessing many who don't have healtcare, don't even bother looking at the Obamacare website. If you're poor (around or under $20K a year) you probably qualify for free healthcare or a big subsidy.

Honestly, many are just ignorant to their options when they may qualify for a low cost healthcare plan. Some people just don't want to pay any premiums even if they're relatively small.

Not if they live in a state governed by sociopaths like Texas which did not expand Medicaid. Subsidies are not available for the poorest out there.

Instead of reading bullshit I decided to check the website myself.

I went to Healthcare.gov, put in a Austin Texas zip code, put in $20K for expected income. That qualifies for $299 a month subsidy which virtually covers a health plan.

It would still cost you about $200 a month out of pocket for a good plan (low copays and deductible). Frankly, that's pretty reasonable. You could even pay $2.63 a month for a plan that has a high deductible ($5000) but low copays. Or $80 month for something better but cheaper than the superior $200 a month plan, etc. Hence, if you're relatively poor the government is already catering to you in some form.

We have universal healthcare in Israel and College/Uni is fairly cheap.

SPIN!

You don't have to pay for education in Germany. Sure taxes will be spent here, but there is no extra fee or anything like it for it.

I am not saying Germany is the greatest country on this planet, even though I reall like living here and think it is a great country to raise my children. I will probably never leave it.
I am just pointing out that there is a way to let people have free access to education and health care AND have a great and strong economy at the same time.

Generally there's some private healthcare to supplement public healthcare in the countries that have it. Most of the time the public healthcare gives a high basic coverage and the public ones extend over this by either covering things public healthcare doesn't or not as extensive, or they give you better options, live private hospital rooms, better meals in hospitals, and so on. Most private healthcare companies do a mix of both.

You don't pay very much for the private healthcare either since most is already covered by the public. Generally even with both public healthcare and the best and most expensive private healthcare plan, you're still a ways cheaper than hospitals in the US.

Some countries also have mandatory healthcare travel insurance when traveling to the US, to make sure their inhabitants are covered and don't have to pay the US prices. In most cases, this includes flying you back home to your country on their costs on serious sicknesses or accidents as the transport in an ambulance flight plus treatment in an hospital at home is cheaper than having to cover for the same treatment in the US.

Half of the Third World has better healthcare than the United States (and some better than Germany, if Costa Rica is anything to go by)... 

Let that sink in... 

I said the poorest out there. You don't have any idea what the 'poorest' means if you think an individual with a 20k expected income is poor.

https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/the-coverage-gap-uninsured-poor-adults-in-states-that-do-not-expand-medicaid/

Go try the same thing and put 10k expected income instead. Or do 20k with 4 dependents.

Funny we have both here in Germany. Basically for free btw.