Let's see. Under single payer system, it's illegal to purchase medicine or health care. Only the government can do it. The government does not get sick, and so is primarily focused on cutting cost. Government picks generic drug that works for most people and has no incentive to worry about the 5% - 10% of people it doesn't work for. Oh, well.

This is pretty much what we have now, except with an oligopoly instead of a monopoly. Not really seeing how going even more in the direction of a monopoly helps.

When people can make choices, thats when things change. People actually get sick, so paying for healthcare is more than just a cost, it can have a value as well.

At least with the current oligopoly system, there is a small amount of choice, and you can choose to purchase a drug on your own if what your insurer has on offer does not work or is more expensive. We should be going in the opposite direction - away from monopoly instead of towards it.

Instead of a single payer, we should have a single market.