Single-payer is not actually that common, it just seems that way because Canada is next to us. The UK goes beyond that to single-provider. France, Germany, and

Single-payer is not actually that common, it just seems that way because Canada is next to us. The UK goes beyond that to single-provider. France, Germany, and Japan have multiple private insurance companies and get fantastic results without spending too much, but they also have a national price list for medical services, no claim denials allowed for anything on the list, and a national digital medical records system. Source: The Healing of America by T.R. Reid.