"...We have a test case to look at to see how a single payer system would work: The VA.
How's that working out?..."

Medicare is more like single payer than the VA.  In fact, the VA is government managed health care (socialized), which isn't what the modern single payer systems are.  You need to go read what countries with single payer systems actually do and behave like before you spout that garbage.

For a sec I thought you knew what you were talking about...I guess I can be wrong once in awhile.