single-payer
adjective
sin·gle-pay·er
ˈsiŋ-gəl-ˈpā-ər 
: of, relating to, or being a system in which health care providers are paid for their services by the government rather than by private insurers
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Newsom even dropped his advocacy of single-payer health care in favor of wider coverage by the state’s Medi-Cal program, then sought to cut back on that coverage to close a state budget deficit this year.
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Dan Walters, Oc Register, 8 July 2025
American politicians have tied themselves into knots trying to find negative things to say about Canada’s universal single-payer healthcare system.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
That statistic is one that the left and Democrats have used to argue that the for-profit health care system is less efficient than a single-payer system.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 July 2025
The analysis will also arrive about 10 years after Colorado voters decisively shot down Amendment 69, which would have created a single-payer health care system in the state.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 14 May 2025
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Dan Walters, Oc Register, 8 July 2025
American politicians have tied themselves into knots trying to find negative things to say about Canada’s universal single-payer healthcare system.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
That statistic is one that the left and Democrats have used to argue that the for-profit health care system is less efficient than a single-payer system.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 July 2025
The analysis will also arrive about 10 years after Colorado voters decisively shot down Amendment 69, which would have created a single-payer health care system in the state.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 14 May 2025
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“Single-payer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single-payer. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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