Health systems expert and epidemiology professor Dr. James Kahn appeared on āThe Real News Networkā on March 19, 2020. He discussed Democratic front-runner Joe Biden’s focus on Italy’s struggles with COVID-19, and pushed back on the notion that single payer ādoesn’t work.ā Dr. Kahn pointed to the pandemic response in Taiwan and South Korea as examples of how national health systems could address public health emergencies.