Single-payer national health insurance is a system in which a single public or quasi-public agency organizes health financing, but delivery of care remains largely private.
Patients retain free choice of doctor and hospital, and doctors retain autonomy over patient care. All Americans would be covered for all medically necessary services.
At $8,160 per person per year, the US currently spends twice as much per person as the next most expensive country for health care. Savings under a single-payer system would begin at $1,300 per person per year, but would increase over time with increased efficiency of health care delivery.
It's not enough to say it can't be done in the US the way it is elsewhere. America is, and has always been a can-do nation, and we can do this.