Single-Payer Reform.

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Letters3 October 2017Single-Payer ReformGilead I. Lancaster, MD and Joseph P. Drozda Jr., MDGilead I. Lancaster, MDFrom Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, and Mercy Health, St. Louis, Missouri.Search for more papers by this author and Joseph P. Drozda Jr., MDFrom Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, and Mercy Health, St. Louis, Missouri.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L17-0324 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Despite Woolhandler and Himmelstein's claim that single-payer reform is “the only way to fulfill the president's pledge of more coverage, better benefits, and lower costs” (1), there is another, better option. The Expanding Medical and Behavioral Resources with Access to Care for Everyone (EMBRACE) (2) plan for single-system reform would not only accomplish these goals but also create an infrastructure that would allow the U.S. health care system to seamlessly integrate 21st-century technologies like electronic health information platforms and evidence-based practice guidelines (3). Furthermore, it would accomplish this by including robust participation from affordable private insurance. Because ...