“We already have a national government run health care system: the VA system. The patient wait times and quality of care are as expected. “
The problem there is the separate but equal idea. Vets should be given a card and go to get medical care where everyone else does. The single payer is more about who pays the bill than who does the work.
Medicare is similar...doctors are opting out if Medicare which you are eventually forced on...and you can’t pay them outside the Medicare system if you have the $$$