single-payer
One insurer covers all
Single-payer describes a healthcare system in which one entity—typically the government—pays for all medical services, replacing private insurance with public funding.
Advocates argue it reduces administrative costs and guarantees universal coverage; critics raise concerns about government control and funding.
Canada has a single-payer system.
The term often appears in U.S. political debates as an alternative to employer-based insurance.
Affecting all equally
- MedicareFederal senior health program
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
- governmentAuthority over a state
- coverageExtent of inclusion
public · national · reform · Canada · NHS · premiums · deductibles · provider
Required payment amount
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- taxesMandatory government payments
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
- budgetPlan for spending
efficiency · overhead · spending · GDP · payroll · financing · deficit · employer
Official enactment of statutes
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- reformImprove by correcting faults
Bernie Sanders · bill · proposal · campaign · platform · debate · implementation · transition
universal
Affecting all equally
- MedicareFederal senior health program
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
- governmentAuthority over a state
coverage · public · national · reform · Canada · NHS · premiums · deductibles · provider · reimbursement
cost
Required payment amount
budget · efficiency · overhead · spending · GDP · payroll · financing · deficit · employer · mandate
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
Bernie Sanders · reform · bill · proposal · campaign · platform · debate · implementation · transition · opposition
- Canadian Healthcarehealth card, health cards, universal coverage, universal healthcare, health minister
- social welfaresocial welfare, welfare state, welfare checks, social insurance, welfare benefits
- welfare statewelfare spending, social welfare, social safety net, safety net, public benefits
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- reformreform movement, reform movements, reform party, reformer, reformist
- health insurancepremium, deductible, copay, coverage, health insurance card
single-payermulti-payer
Multiple entities share costs
privatized · private insurance · private health insurance · fee-for-service · out-of-pocket
single-payerderegulated
Freed from government controls
laissez-faire · private enterprise · unregulated · decentralized · competitive market
single, payment, singular, paying, repayment, singly, singles, singled, payer