[Jim Noble]

Not all single payer is the same - and different schemes meet the needs of different groups, or constituencies.

The Canadian system lacks a private pay safety valve. In the UK, that works reasonably well. It would be even better if private insurance there was more widely available.

Hillary’s bill included a $50 000 fine and FIVE YEARS IN PRISON for a doctor taking a fee to treat a US citizen outside of her system. You can be sure that the Democrat version of single payer will have something like that.

But what people want (and I’ve been sending doctor bills for 43 years) is to take Johnny or Jane in for the sore throat, not seeing a “we take VISA” sign, and having the checkout girl say only,”I hope Johnny feels better soon”.

THAT version of single payer is very doable.

[TheNext]

You are full of leftist BS.

[hinckley buzzard]

The Canadian system's "private pay safety valve" is American clinics close to the border: Mayo in Minnesota, Cleveland Clinic, Leahy Clinic in Boston, several others, all attracting thousands of affluent Canadian patients every year to cross the border and get first rate service.