How to Use single-payer in a Sentence

single-payer

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  • Steyer pushed for single-payer health care.
    — John Seiler, Oc Register, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Let’s start with his promise of single-payer healthcare.
    — Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
  • Many on the Left, however, argue that this is not a step close enough to a full single-payer system.
    — Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2023
  • He is not wedded to a Medicare for All-style single-payer system.
    — Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2023
  • And again, Democrats' entire focus on this was going to a single-payer system.
    — Obed Manuel, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
  • One-size-fits-all coverage may be an inevitable consequence of single-payer health care systems.
    — Chris Pope, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Her initial support and now opposition to a single-payer health care system.
    — NBC News, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Progressives like Steyer and Porter have come out in favor of a state single-payer system.
    — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
  • In moments like that, familiar single-payer arguments tend to resurface.
    — Joseph Choi, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2026
  • With health care, Jaramillo supports a Medicare for All-type single-payer system.
    — Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2023
  • These agencies could pool risks through a single-payer insurance system and reduce those risks through investment in resilience measures.
    — The Conversation, Fortune, 12 June 2026
  • No such incentive exists within the single-payer version of Medicare.
    — Avik Roy, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The overall cost of single-payer in California could reach $500 billion a year.
    — Sally Pipes, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Steyer also supports single payer health care with the caveat that California will not move to a single-payer system overnight.
    — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2026
  • There was a little dustup over single-payer health care — reflecting the primacy of that issue among progressive activists.
    — Dan Walters, Oc Register, 6 May 2026
  • In California governor race, single-payer is a litmus test.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 11 May 2026
  • Should California have a single-payer universal health care system?
    — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
  • Adopt universal single-payer healthcare coverage and a healthcare cost control system.
    — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
  • No, a single-payer system is unrealistic and unfeasible on a state level.
    — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
  • Lighty, whose organization supports single-payer health care, said the deadlines could help speed up the administration’s work.
    — Sophia Bollag, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The country's single-payer system has been quite successful following decades of unsuccessful health care systems.
    — Devika Rao, theweek, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Gonzales wants Medicare for all — a single-payer system that mimics European models of health care.
    — The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 9 June 2026
  • Canada's single-payer health plan effectively denies claims for novel prescription drugs in advance—by refusing to cover them at all.
    — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Both men were co-authors of legislation introduced this week to create a single-payer health care system in California.
    — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2026
  • El-Sayed ran on a Sanders-esque populist platform, including a call for single-payer health care and to raise the minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour.
    — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
  • No, California should not implement a single-payer universal health care system.
    — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
  • For a party that dreams of a single-payer, socialist healthcare system where taxpayers fund every expense, this is perhaps unsurprising.
    — Robert Romano, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Newsom signed a bill that sets the stage for California to work toward universal healthcare, such as a single-payer system that progressive activists have sought for years.
    — Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Steyer, who made his money as a hedge fund manager, casts himself as a progressive stalwart who will institute single-payer healthcare and close corporate tax loopholes.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The biggest barrier to health care access is a system designed to put profit over people – and the only real solution is universal single-payer healthcare.
    — Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026

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