Single payer insurance

Recently, Al Gore "reluctantly" concluded that a single-payer insurance system is the way to go.

Instantly David Frum of NRO trashed Gore here without bothering to check his facts. Perhaps he's like so many other pundits and columnists: his animus toward the former VPOTUS is so bilious and toxic that he can't even listen to the guy without frothing at the mouth.

What. Ever.

The New Republic dismisses Frum's rant here by pointing out that "Frum is not only a conservative but Canadian. And to that particular species there is no phrase more likely to produce a hostile reaction than 'single-payer.' "

Jonathan Cohn of the New Republic lays out the case for single-payer insurance here. I don't know if it's the way to go, but it certainly merits a debate -- on the issues, please, and not on the personalities who are advocating it.