> The government would be the funding source, set a few high level rules, and otherwise stay out of the mix. That's more or less how public health care works i

> The government would be the funding source, set a few high level rules, and otherwise stay out of the mix. That's more or less how public health care works in Canada. The provincial government runs the single payer health insurance organization, and doctors' offices / clinics are essentially small businesses that treat their patients and then invoice the insurer for the publicly insured activities they performs.