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That article argues that other single payer systems work better than Canada's system. But you're linking it like it is some smoking gun assassination of single payer as a concept; did you read your own article?

For example it links this article:

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/press-releases/...

Which shows single payer and universal healthcare dominating the top spots.

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Canada's often cited as some example to follow.... This puts a hole in that theory.

And your #1 on that list? UK's NHS? Both the availability and quality sucks - waitlists and infections galore across their hospitals.

The thing with single payer is it's just like communism.. it looks REALLY great on paper.

Both the availability and quality sucks - waitlists and infections galore across their hospitals.

That's an exaggeration.

I live in the UK and I know first-hand how it is. I've personally never had to wait more than a day, even for an operation.

There are waiting time and service problems recently, but you can thank the Tory government for purposely underfunding the service ion an attempt to drum up support for privatisation.

I mean, our current health secretary wrote a book stating that he wanted to privatise the NHS and now denies wanting to do so. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad.

The thing with single payer is it's just like communism.. it looks REALLY great on paper

We still have people covered for health care better than the US does. So make of that what you will.

Plus, nearly every developed country in the world has free healthcare in some form, it's just the US that refuses to spot a good thing and fix its broken-ass system.

Kinda like the metric system in that respect.

If enough rich politicians and leaders of industry label something communist, enough gullible Americans will drop their support for it even when it would clearly help them.

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