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2. Single-payer healthcare - Wikipedia

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   Single-payer healthcare is a type of universal healthcare [1] in which the costs of essential healthcare for all residents are covered by a single public system (hence "single-payer"). [2] [3] Single-payer systems may contract for healthcare services from private organizations (as is the case in Canada) or may own and employ healthcare ...

3. Medicare for All: What It Is, and What It Means for Medicare

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   Single-payer healthcare systems, also called universal healthcare, are currently in place in various countries around the world. These healthcare systems can have differing elements, such as:

4. Medicare for All vs Public Option: Comparing the Plans

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   possible cost reduction. private plans. The biggest difference between the two proposals is the option for enrollment: Medicare for All is a mandatory single-payer healthcare system that covers ...

5. Single Payer vs Medicare for All | Healthline.com

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   If passed, Medicare for All will be a tax-funded, single-payer health insurance program that would provide healthcare coverage to every person in America. The Medicare for All proposal would be an ...

6. Universal health care - Wikipedia

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   Single-payer health care is a system in which the government, rather than private insurers, pays for all health care costs. Single-payer systems may contract for healthcare services from private organizations, or own and employ healthcare resources and personnel (as was the case in England before the introduction of the Health and Social Care ...

7. History of health care reform in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In May 2011, the state of Vermont became the first state to pass legislation establishing a single-payer health care system. The legislation, known as Act 48, establishes health care in the state as a "human right" and lays the responsibility on the state to provide a health care system which best meets the needs of the citizens of Vermont.