Single-Payer Reform: Heed the Evidence, Not the Soothsayers.

HEALTH care reform; MEDICAL care costs; MEDICARE; SERIAL publications; CENTERS for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.); SINGLE-payer health care; PATIENT Protection & Affordable Care Act

The article makes an argument for single-payer healthcare reform in the U.S., noting the success of Canada's single-payer reform, which resulted in a longer lifespan in the nation and a 22% lower infant mortality rate. Other topics discussed include multipayer alternatives to to single-payer reform, Medicare & Medicaid and a call for evidence to be used to make these decisions.