[quote=SK in CV][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.[/quote]

“Single-payer healthcare is a healthcare system in which the state, financed by taxes, covers basic healthcare costs for all residents regardless of income, occupation, or health status. … In contrast, multi-payer healthcare uses a mixed public-private system.

Single-payer systems may contract for healthcare services from private organizations (as is the case in Canada) or may own and employ healthcare resources and personnel (as is the case in the United Kingdom). “Single-payer” describes the mechanism by which healthcare is paid for by a single public authority, not the type of delivery or for whom physicians work.”

U.K. Is a single payer system with a single provider, aka NHS. VA for all would be like the U.K.

Canada is a single payer system with multiple providers. Medicare for all would be like Canada.