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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@8YTVC4TIndependent3yrs3Y
yes if people can use private insurance if they want and this system will guarantee healthcare for everyone
@8YT9VZZ3yrs3Y
They should create another branch to deal with civilian health concerns
@8YK4XRJ3yrs3Y
No, having the government in control of the healthcare of over 360 million people would cause a massive increase in taxes and whould cause massive job loss in the private sector. Also if the government can't leave a country without basically handing it over to terrorists on a silver plater I wouldnt trust them to properly do a brain surgery.
@8V73FN74yrs4Y
No, I have grown up in a free market and so support one, but also believe that the government needs to have a hand in helping people too.
@8V3FGJX4yrs4Y
yes, but the fee should be low considering the people that don't have healthcare also don't have the money to pay more taxes
@8Q8K5B24yrs4Y
Yes, as long as people can use private insurance and aren't required to pay into the system.
@8PG98ZC4yrs4Y
No, healthcare should either be entirely private, or entirely government controlled.
@jggarc11Independent5yrs5Y
Maybe? A free market approach needs to be taken first, (I.e. making prices transparent) to reduce costs first, then if that doesn’t work, implement a single payer system
@8DXLPGQ5yrs5Y
I dont have enough knowledge about this topic to decide
@8DTNHT75yrs5Y
I don't really have a stance on this
@8CPVJ835yrs5Y
@96RKVP72yrs2Y
Yes, but this system would be too costly to implement currently
@98V7KG52yrs2Y
Yes, as long as it doesn't decrease access to care already available currently and doesn't mirror the Canadian medical system or the VHA.
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