Sure - put the government in charge of it.....like they already have been in charge of the VA, and GOSH by GOLLY !!!!  Look at how good the VA coverage is!  And how quick you can get in for an appointment, if they don't forget about you and you die first of course.  Seriously - a single payer system is doomed to fail due to government oversight costing 3x what private sector has cost.  Remember:  The government is in charge of the following criminally negligent organizations that everyone HATES:  IRS, TSA, US Post Office, VA, etc. etc. etc.  If you want something to fail completely, put the government in charge of it.  If you want to save healthcare, remove the requirement for emergency rooms to provide free services to all the undocumented illegal aliens in America; get the pharmaceutical overlords in line and get our prescriptions costs lowered to what Canada and other countries pay;  and finally, fix / limit liability laws for doctors so that insurance isn't so expensive for them.

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