[goldstategop]

Federal and state employees have been covered by government-health insurance for a long time. Single payer evidently works since there’s been no bipartisan clamor to have them get private insurance.

But the same people that go along with this think single payer is bad for average Americans. Why? Don’t we deserve what they get? Just askin.’

[USNBandit]

Federal employees aren't on single payer. They are on an employer based cafeteria style program where they have a number of options for coverage. They pick an option from a private insurer and the federal government kicks in 70% of the premiums.

Single payer means no insurance companies. All benefits would be paid to providers by either the user or the single payer entity, either HHS or a contractor.

The pitfall to single payer would be that it would be like putting everybody on Medicaid. When the government decides they will only pay $500 to the surgeon for open heart surgery, then old surgeons retire and young surgeons either go to private healthcare or quit.