I don't think having discrete programs for subsets of the population is single-payer. Single-payer to my understanding means that the health system itself has a single payer. Having the government pay for some patients and a myriad of insurance plans covering the bulk of other patients is not single payer.
As they said, it is bizarre the lengths the US will go to to maintain its layered system. It seems purpose built to screw people over.
As they said, it is bizarre the lengths the US will go to to maintain its layered system. It seems purpose built to screw people over.