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Do you support a single-payer healthcare system?

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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Response rates from 7.3k New Democratic voters.

83%
Yes
17%
No
60%
Yes
16%
No
9%
Yes, this system guarantees healthcare for everyone
1%
No, this system is too expensive
9%
Yes, private companies should not be able to profit off of healthcare
0%
No, the government should not be involved in healthcare
5%
Yes, but allow people to use private insurance

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 @9ZKZVNLfrom Ontario  answered…3wks3W

Yes, but bring up the standards of care offered to those of lower incomes. Include more availability of essential services like dental, vision, and mental health under protected healthcare. Reduce financial barriers to healthcare!

 @9XJDXXWfrom Nova Scotia  answered…1mo1MO

Healthcare is failing for years of duct tape holding it together. Its needs limited private sectors to help with load and create innovation.

 @9QV4KY2from Quebec  answered…5mos5MO

Implement a two tier public/private system that promote fair competition, private having to accept the social insurance card while receiving what it costs in the public service for the same act/service

 @9JC6BKVfrom Ontario  answered…10mos10MO

The system isn't broken at the customer endpoint, it's further up the chain. This is an issue with first order thinking which will not fix the system.

 @9GZYG4Jfrom Quebec  answered…1yr1Y

No, instead privatize healthcare and provide healthcare vouchers and healthcare tax credits for low income individual/families.

 @9FLZ4Q8from Alberta  answered…1yr1Y

no helath system walk it off

 @9FB68RGfrom Alberta  answered…1yr1Y

No, a two-tiered system would be more effective.

 @9F5KMPVfrom Alberta  answered…1yr1Y

The federal government is the only one who should pay for health care. Everyone should get reliable fast health care no matter their income. No person should be able to use insurance to get priority health care.

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Morning Joe’s Cozy Mar-a-Lago Rendezvous Sparks Media Firestorm

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Texas Offers Trump 1,400 Acres for His Mass Deportation Dream

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Netanyahu Shifts Focus to Iran After Cease-Fire with Hezbollah

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