Single-payer healthcare is a system where every citizen pays the government to provide core healthcare services for all residents. Under this system the government may provide the care themselves or pay a private healthcare provider to do so. In a single-payer system all residents receive healthcare regardless of age, income or health status. Countries with single-payer healthcare systems include the U.K., Canada, Taiwan, Israel, France, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
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@9KFBDW3Conservative1yr1Y
Yes, but allow people to opt in or opt out and choose a different plan, and or pay for service elsewhere if desired.
@93HJWN4Conservative3yrs3Y
a change to private health care should be partially adopted.
@8VN69CCLibertarian4yrs4Y
We should keep universal healthcare but also offer a fast-lane private system for people in urgent need of medical care and need to see a specialist. The system would still be fair, but those who could afford to pay for private care could see a specialist as long as they could afford the service, rather than waiting in line.
@8T3T55PConservative4yrs4Y
I think opening it up to private companies could make the quality of care more efficient and would force hospital to be competitive in their services or lose business. Some amount of socialization is appropriate but only for emergency care.
@5GHSCDS4yrs4Y
No, public healthcare should be decided at the state level
@5GHSCDS4yrs4Y
No, healthcare should decided at the state level
@5GHSCDS4yrs4Y
No, public healthcare should decided at the state level
@8R2RMP34yrs4Y
No, but drastically increase funding and expand eligibility for Medicaid.
@5GHSCDS3yrs3Y
No, and each state should decide their own level of coverage
@63ZXW6N4yrs4Y
Yes, as long as people can still use private and it doesn't raise our taxes.
@63ZXW6N3yrs3Y
Yes, as long as the other stuff is eliminated, people can still use private, and our tax is not over 20%.
@76WTH564yrs4Y
If it's in a smaller scale like local or state and local amd state choice, yes.
@8D5J4RR4yrs4Y
If a few conditions are met:
1. The system doesn't raise our national debt
2. If people don't use it as a way to get unhealthier and then just have the government pay for it
3. It removes the bureaucracy involved with normal healthcare
I'm guessing it wouldn't happen.
@5GHSCDS4yrs4Y
No, I support a "mixed-model" system where private funds are supplemented by public grants.
@36DLLNT4yrs4Y
Yes, but only after reworking the current budget to allocate funding to universal healthcare.
@heatherdvdprincess3yrs3Y
Yes, but people should be allowed to opt out.
@5GHSCDS4yrs4Y
No, public healthcare should only be on the state and local level
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