That is why universal care would be cheaper. We would not need the VA, Medicare or Medicaid. . All that would go into universal health care. All that money that companies pay for health care would disappear too. People on medicare have paid all their lives for care. It is not free. We could eliminate health care "providers"too. Their business model is to deny the healthcare you paid for until you give up. That increases profits while making sick people and their families suiffer.
Our system is the most expensive in the world by far. It is very lowly rated around the world.