single-payer

[ sing-guhl-pey-er ]

adjective

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of single-payer¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

To make it even more bizarre, Shumlin has plans to turn Vermont into the only state with single-payer health insurance.

From The Daily Beast

Opponents to single payer certainly have reasons to believe the momentum is on their side.

From The Daily Beast

But proponents of single payer pointed to polls that show a majority of Americans want some version of Medicare for all.

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They torpedo the Affordable Care Act, and I believe we will now have single payer in this country within the next 15 years.

From The 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.

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