Single-Payer Healthcare

[Alabama_Indy10]

Can someone describe to me and/or give details of what single-payer healthcare is? Can you also provide some links describing what it is?
I don't have a lot of knowledge about the subject and would like to know more about it.

[Blue3]

Imagine Medicare, which exists for everyone 65 years and older, but for all ages.

Or Medicaid, which exists for some low-income people, but for everyone.

There's also the National Health Service in the UK, and something similar in Canada.


Single-payer Healthcare is when the government is the only one paying for everyone's healthcare (they are the: Single. Payer.) and it's paid for by a tax... but that tax is usually less than what people actually spend on their health insurance.

[junior chįmp]

Good documentary on it that PBS did awhile back:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebqzq_-usNE

[MasterJedi]

Want to make it simple? You pay your taxes for X amount for healthcare. When you need medical care you go to the doctor, you get treatment, you leave, you don't pay again.