Answer: the Profits!

Yesterday I gave two examples of the impact of single-payer:

• Decisions will be more in the hands of medical teams, referring to the 17-year old girl who died the night before
  
• Common sense will still apply regarding medical and economic factors
  

So ... if economic factors still apply, then what is the difference in what we will have with single-payer national health insurance.?

Answer: profits will not influence decision-making!

By having non-profit national health insurance we will no longer have people in private health insurance companies making decisions partly based these topics:

• their bonus checks in their income and
• how well their company performs in terms of its profits and its stock market price