single-payer
adjective
sin·gle-pay·er
ˈsiŋ-gəl-ˈpā-ər 
: of, relating to, or being a system in which health care providers are paid for their services by the government rather than by private insurers
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While Walz supports a state public option in Minnesota, Harris has backed off of previous support for a federal single-payer system such as Medicare for all.
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Max Nesterak, ProPublica, 31 Oct. 2024
Harris has backed away from single-payer health care During her 2020 presidential campaign, Harris' position on the future of private health insurance was sometimes confusing.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2024
The party’s base was demanding that candidates support Bernie Sanders’ single-payer health care plan, and the energy among many activists focused on discriminatory policing practices and policies following the deaths of George Floyd and other men and women in encounters with police.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
Best of all, she and her husband are covered under South Korea’s single-payer national health insurance plan, and hospitals are close and affordable.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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Max Nesterak, ProPublica, 31 Oct. 2024
Harris has backed away from single-payer health care During her 2020 presidential campaign, Harris' position on the future of private health insurance was sometimes confusing.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2024
The party’s base was demanding that candidates support Bernie Sanders’ single-payer health care plan, and the energy among many activists focused on discriminatory policing practices and policies following the deaths of George Floyd and other men and women in encounters with police.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
Best of all, she and her husband are covered under South Korea’s single-payer national health insurance plan, and hospitals are close and affordable.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Single-payer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single-payer. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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