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| − | + | '''Single Payer''' refers to a [[health care]] system having only one payer of all health care expenses, typically a [[socialism|socialistic]] [[big government]] [[Welfare state]] - [[Nanny state]]. That payer would rely on [[tax]] revenues and perhaps some [[insurance]] premiums to fund its reimbursements and costs. | |
| − | + | Currently the federal government accounts for 43% of all health care expenditures, and a series of recent mergers among health insurance companies leaves only three major insurers.<ref>http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865637201/Government-single-payer-health-coverage-may-be-nation7s-future.html?pg=all</ref> It appears that health care is approaching a single payer system, or something close to it. | |
| − | = | + | [[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. |
| + | At the first [[2016 presidential debate]], [[Donald Trump]] declared the following:<ref>https://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.}} | ||
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| + | 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]].<ref>[http://www.freemarketcure.com/singlepayermyths.php The Myths of Single-Payer Health Care] - [[David Hogberg]]</ref> | ||
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| + | Single-payer is popular among the political [[left]] in the United States. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Universal health care]] | ||
| + | *[[Health care in Nazi Germany]] | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
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| + | ==External links== | ||
| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS1RlpORARk&feature=push-u-sub&attr_tag=Yjn4pzAyztUDgZzl%3A6 Wuhan patients systematically denied medical treatment Jan 30th, 2020] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Welfare State]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:11, January 31, 2020
Single Payer refers to a health care system having only one payer of all health care expenses, typically a socialistic big government Welfare state - Nanny state. That payer would rely on tax revenues and perhaps some insurance premiums to fund its reimbursements and costs.
Currently the federal government accounts for 43% of all health care expenditures, and a series of recent mergers among health insurance companies leaves only three major insurers.[1] It appears that health care is approaching a single payer system, or something close to it.
Switzerland, which has mandatory health insurance, rejected a proposal to adopt a single payer system on March 11, 2007.[2] 71% of voters opposed it. Switzerland currently has 87 different private health plans.
At the first 2016 presidential debate, Donald Trump declared the following:[3]
| “ | 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.[4]
Single-payer is popular among the political left in the United States.
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865637201/Government-single-payer-health-coverage-may-be-nation7s-future.html?pg=all
- ↑ http://www.businessinsurance.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?newsId=9723
- ↑ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-of-the-2015-gop-debate-9-pm/
- ↑ The Myths of Single-Payer Health Care - David Hogberg
