I lived in Italy for a number of years, and the Italian government is no nordic model of efficiency and propriety. And the health care system is still mostly b

I lived in Italy for a number of years, and the Italian government is no nordic model of efficiency and propriety. And the health care system is still mostly better than in the US :-/ You're right that costs need containing though, and it's not quite as simply as "just" switching to a singly payer system.