CONUS health care costs more because Americans are less... Show full argument Single-payer universal health care US health care costs more because Americans are less healthy. http://www.debatepedia.org/en/index.php/Debate:_Single-payer_universal_health_care score BM25 score: 10.39 universal: 9.90 conclusion: 8.87 (boost 1.50, idf 5.84, tfNorm 1.01) sourceText: 1.03 (boost 0.20, idf 2.38, tfNorm 2.17)