Adjective
single-payer (not comparable)
(healthcare) Being or relating to a form of universal health care in which the costs of essential healthcare for all residents are covered by a single public system (whether state-run or contracted from private organizations).
Antonym: multipayer
All of the leading competitors to Bernie Sanders, who remains unyielding in his commitment to single-payer health care, have embraced some version of what Pete Buttigieg calls “Medicare for all who want it.” Source: Internet
Amid the rough-and-tumble exchanges, Trump was constantly the aggressor, and he repeatedly compelled Biden to distance himself from such policies as defunding police, single-payer health care, and the “Green New Deal.” Source: Internet
Both of theirs, which resemble single-payer plans akin to those of many countries with universal healthcare, would replace the union's healthcare, they argue. Source: Internet
But we can be thankful that we don’t have Medicare for All or its stalking horse, single-payer health care. Source: Internet
Advocating something like single-payer health care, but calling yourself a socialist, can look like mere positioning. Source: Internet
Donald Berwick, a former CMS administrator who helped develop Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s single-payer proposal, once said, “I want to see that in the city of San Diego or Seattle there are exactly as many MRI units as needed when operating at full capacity. Source: Internet