[quote=ocrenter]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.[/quote]

Not splitting at all. The VA is a single payer model.

It is also the only example of government controlled health care, similar to the UK NHS. Medicare isn’t. The Canadian version isn’t.