European countries have a VAT that hovers between 20% and 25%

[dawg]

11. Your own link says that Medicare is already 20% of total health spending and Medicaid ...

is another 15%. You are being disingenuous in your claims, and I'm not sure why. Your link also claims that private insurance is only 33% of total healthcare spend right now, and presumably some of that would be government subsidized ACA policies.

Counting the elderly and disabled as only "14% of the population" is an obvious attempt to be slick. They punch far above their weight when it comes to health care expenses. Everyone knows that.

I would never argue that we could have Medicare for all without raising taxes significantly, but you are being purposefully deceptive in your arguments. It doesn't make me want to take you seriously, nor does it make me want to be particularly interested in anything else you have to say.