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[[Switzerland]], which has mandatory [[health insurance]], rejected a proposal to adopt a single payer system on March 11, 2007.<ref>http://www.businessinsurance.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?newsId=9723</ref> 71% of voters opposed it. Switzerland currently has 87 different private health plans. | [[Switzerland]], which has mandatory [[health insurance]], rejected a proposal to adopt a single payer system on March 11, 2007.<ref>http://www.businessinsurance.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?newsId=9723</ref> 71% of voters opposed it. Switzerland currently has 87 different private health plans. | ||
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| + | At the first [[2016 presidential debate]], [[Donald Trump]] declared the following:<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-of-the-2015-gop-debate-9-pm/</ref> | ||
| + | {{cquote|As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland. It could have worked in a different age, which is the age you're talking about here.}} | ||
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| + | To which [[Rand Paul]] responded: | ||
| + | {{cquote|the Republican Party's been fighting against a single-payer system ... for a decade. So I think you're on the wrong side of this if you're still arguing for a single-payer system.}} | ||
David Hogberg wrote: | David Hogberg wrote: | ||
Revision as of 22:09, August 7, 2015
Single Payer refers to a health care system having only one payer, typically a socialistic big government Welfare state - Nanny state, of all health care expenses. That payer would rely on tax revenues and perhaps some insurance premiums to fund its reimbursements and costs.
Switzerland, which has mandatory health insurance, rejected a proposal to adopt a single payer system on March 11, 2007.[1] 71% of voters opposed it. Switzerland currently has 87 different private health plans.
At the first 2016 presidential debate, Donald Trump declared the following:[2]
| “ | As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland. It could have worked in a different age, which is the age you're talking about here. | ” |
To which Rand Paul responded:
| “ | the Republican Party's been fighting against a single-payer system ... for a decade. So I think you're on the wrong side of this if you're still arguing for a single-payer system. | ” |
David Hogberg wrote:
- A single-payer health care system is one in which a single-entity -- the government -- collects almost all of the revenue for and pays almost all of the bills for the health care system. In most single-payer systems only a small percentage of health care expenses are paid for with private funds. Countries that have a single-payer system include Australia, Canada, Sweden and the United Kingdom. [3]
Single-payer is popular among the political left in the United States.