The United States does not have a federally funded universal "free" healthcare system due to a complex mix of historical, political, and economic factors. The American healthcare market is deeply rooted in private-enterprise medicine, employer-sponsored benefits, and a cultural preference for market competition and individual choice. Transitioning to a single-payer system faces immense legislative hurdles, ideological opposition to higher taxation, and powerful lobbying from private insurance and pharmaceutical industries.
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