What is the deal with single payor? How does the United States compare to Canada on the ability to provide health care services? Rep. Dennis Kucinich is showing his frustration with Dr. David Gratzer, Senior Fellow of the conservative Manhattan Institute. Gratzer had it coming because he presented himself as an expert on the problems with the Canadian system. See here and here. For a clear presentation of why we do need single payor insurance and why we can afford it, see this report by Marcia Angell, M. D., Senior Lecturer in Social Medicine Harvard Medical School.