single-payer system
State-funded medicine
A single-payer system is a healthcare financing model in which one entity—typically the government—pays for all medical services, replacing private insurance with a unified public fund.
Providers remain independent, but billing goes to one source: Canada has a single-payer system; the U.S. does not.
The term often surfaces in debates over universal healthcare.
- Affordable Care ActUS healthcare reform law
- MedicareFederal senior health program
- universal healthcareGuaranteed medical access nationwide
- public health insuranceState-provided medical coverage
- healthcare reformChanges to medical systems
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