[quote=SK in CV][quote=ocrenter][quote=FlyerInHi]I think that VA is the most efficient.

Service members, retirees and family could go to VA or private insurance/providers if they have other insurance.[/quote]

you are kidding right?

btw, single payer does not mean the VA.

single payer means more like multiple competing entities like Kaiser and Scripps and Sharp.[/quote]

Actually the VA is more like single payer. (though I too question whether it’s been a very successful model.) I think a more likely model would be medicare for all, where medicare is everyone’s primary insurance. Kaiser, Sharp, and Scripps are providers, so they don’t have anything to do with what defines single payer.[/quote]

Kinda splitting hair here.

Single payer literally means there is only one payer and thus this one and only payer has the monopoly and thus the ability to dictate pricing.

Medicare for all would be single payer, but VA for all would be single payer and single provider.