8 June 2018 - Single-payer health care systems deliver better outcomes at much lower cost than those that rely primarily on private insurance, as we do in the United States.

Considerable evidence supports this claim. And because of these cost savings, I said in a recent column, the United States could switch to a single-payer system without requiring painful sacrifices from anyone.

Several readers pointed out an apparent flaw in my argument. Since the biggest savings result from lower payments to service providers, wouldn’t the transition be painful for physicians and other health care professionals?

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