Comment on Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows C.E.O.’s Killing
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoI live under a rock; what is “single payer”?
Comment on Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows C.E.O.’s Killing
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoI live under a rock; what is “single payer”?
xapr@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Single payer is a term generally used to describe government-paid, or socialized medicine. The government is the “payer” of the healthcare. In the absence of private-insurance companies, they would be the single payer. At least that’s how I think of the term.