single-payer

[ sing-guhl-pey-er ]

/ ˈsɪŋ gəlˈpeɪ ər /

adjective

noting or relating to a healthcare or health insurance system in which the government or a publicly owned and regulated agency pays all medical costs from a single fund.

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Origin of single-payer

First recorded in 1985–90

Words nearby single-payer

single-name paper, singleness, single occupancy, single out, single parent, single-payer, single-phase, single photon emission computed tomography, single point mooring, single precision, single premium

Example sentences from the Web for single-payer

To make it even more bizarre, Shumlin has plans to turn Vermont into the only state with single-payer health insurance.
What the Hell Happened in Vermont?!|Stuart Stevens|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“We had all the momentum going on the single-payer side, and it was really slowed by the Affordable Care Act,” she said.
Single Payer Is Getting a Second Life as Obamacare Frustration Peaks|David Freedlander|December 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But those long wait times are not necessarily a by-product of their single-payer system.
Fact-Checking Suzanne Somers’s Claim That Obamacare is a Socialist Ponzi Scheme|Brandy Zadrozny|October 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In Canada, healthcare is managed with a single-payer system.
Fact-Checking Suzanne Somers’s Claim That Obamacare is a Socialist Ponzi Scheme|Brandy Zadrozny|October 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Schweitzer is a vocal advocate of a single-payer health care system.
Meet Brian Schweitzer, the ex-Montana Governor Who Wants to Replace Max Baucus in the Senate|David Frum|April 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST

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