single payer

As senior citizen, I am covered by Medicare, and as a veteran of World War II I am covered by the Veterans Administration Healthcare System. The VA system is great, but Medicare is better. It is a single payer system where the health care providers remain independent of the government, but the government simply pays most of the medical bills, and you can use any doctor or hospital you choose that takes Medicare. There is a lot of misinformation floating around about single-payer, all of it wrong. For instance, every one of these statements about single-payer is untrue:
*It is run by the government *It will lead to rationing *Costs will skyrocket *Drugs will be harder to get *It will cover less than what I have now *It will cost me more
So if you ever have a discussion, or need to cast a ballot on the subject, and someone throws out any of these negatives against single-payer, you will know better.