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Uh, that’s pretty much the definition of single-payer, at least as commonly used. From Wikipedia: Single-payer healthcare is a type of universal healthcare in
by alistairSH 3y ago
Uh, that’s pretty much the definition of single-payer, at least as commonly used.
From Wikipedia:
Single-payer healthcare is a type of universal healthcare in which the costs of essential healthcare for all residents are covered by a single public system (hence "single-payer").
The difference here being the US has a fractured system, with several government systems (but from the same government). Medicare for All would be try single payer.
- lapcat 3y agoI linked to that very Wikipedia article and said Medicare for All would be single payer in another comment half an hour before yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36751975 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36751975