Single Payer Option Summary

In the article, it says that more than thirty percent of Americans support this push to have a personalized plan. The Pew Research Center reported that 60% of the population said that the government should ensure health care coverage but 39% said that the government should not which brings up a question, where is the other 1% leaning. The influence of private investors, companies and government programs have completely taken over the health care system so the core roots of what was originally established have been somewhat lost. Pharmaceutical companies are very against the push to single-payer health care because it jeopardizes their profit off their patients. Looking at how the investors see Obamacare is that they get to control the prices of medications, they mandate how much a procedure may cost and it can fluctuate depending on where you want to seek care. The single-payer option completely discards the monopolies out of health care and also underpays physicians. "In a single-payer system," Dr. Michael Accad from San Francisco says, "planners decide arbitrarily what the payments should be, and payments fall because there are no competitors and no choice for providers to bid up payments." A study did show that primary care physicians received higher pay with Medicare rather than a centralized system such as Canada. Dr. Accad says that single-payer systems in Canada, the United Kingdom, and other developed

Currently the United States has the most expensive health care system in the world and some 45 million Americans are uninsured under the current health system, these numbers continues to grow. Using the theory of an Utilitarianism perspective and developing a single-payer system such as universal health care all Americans could enjoy equal access to quality health care. The single-payer system will provide tools to manage health spending more effectively and ensure health care for everyone. If the United States would follow the blueprint of other developed nations who have successfully implemented universal health care coverage it would protect citizens from high medical premiums, co-payments and give everyone access to equal health care. In the United States people go without health coverage, it is a problem that needs to be resolved, yet we remain one of the last developed countries to implement universal health care coverage. Despite efforts to enact polices for

B. In the words of Dr. Margaret Flower, a pediatrician and an advocate of for universal coverage, “We…have systems in the United States that could meet the goal of universality. That would be either a Veterans Administration type system, which is a socialized system run by the government, or a Medicare type system, a single payer, publicly financed health care system…. We are already spending enough on health care in this country to provide high-quality, universal, comprehensive, lifelong health care. All the data point to a single payer system as the only way to accomplish this and control health care costs.”

The rising problem of unfeasible healthcare costs on corporate America because of rising inflation at such high levels is forcing corporations to offer inadequate healthcare coverage. Under the current system, costs are forcing the private sector to spend excessively to cover employee healthcare, and instead, the money could be redirected to stimulate the private sector and the economy all together if a single-payer system is enacted. Morton Mintz identifies much of this in his article in The Nation, and how a single-payer would actually benefit corporate America, even though the “aren’t buying it” (Mintz).

The future of healthcare resides in a single-payer system. Our country already has roughly fifty years of experience in this area under the Medicare program. By extending Medicare to all citizens we could ensure that all have the health coverage they need and that “everyone would make a financial contribution to Medicare for All” (Seidman, 2015). A single-payer system would also give the government the necessary leverage to negotiate better prices for care and prescription

By switching to a single payer system it means that the government responibale for all Americans healthcare. Some people believe it is not the government resposiblilty. Nevertheless; it is a government resposbilitiy to grante healthcare access to every citizes. In places like Cannada where they use a single payer system costs actully decreses, manily because there is one payer system so hospitals find it hard to over charge patients. Eventhough government would be financing healthcare that does not neccesary means they have to deliever

Single-payer system, also known as Medicare, could operate without the high insurance and co-pays. Many Americans avoid the doctor because they cannot afford the pay, but with single-payer system, all Americans could be insured. People start to feel hopeless

America should take time to identify the needs of its population and then decide which should be covered under the single-payer system. Moreover, the model is effective because it can protect the hospitals from being flooded with massive government underpaid doctors (Flood & Rock, 2017). Instead, it suggests the inclusion of the vibrant private sector for better outcomes. Nevertheless, the system does not limit the patient’s choices of physicians and medical facilities. While considering this concept of well management in healthcare units, considerations of obtaining funds from mixed sources such as taxes, and premium payments by both employees, and employers should also be prioritized. With both the federal and state government in the funding process, such an approach would see fruition in the long

In the United States, healthcare reform has been a hot-button topic for generations. Every presidential administration since the 1940s has made an attempt at some level of healthcare reform (J. Taylor, JD 2014). While a major healthcare reform is not always at the center of each legislative session, there is often a small change or tweak here and there, adding incremental alterations to the healthcare system. This gradual evolution over time may be partially responsible for the eclectic and complicated state of the U.S. healthcare system. One possible approach to simplifying the current healthcare system is to align with other developed nations and implement a single payer system. However, many Americans wonder if the U.S. can successfully adopt a single payer model. Single payer models are successfully implemented throughout the world, but is there something unique about America which makes a single payer system impractical, if not impossible?

First, the pros of having a single payer health care system are well documented. According to GUJHS (April 2004; Vol.1, No.3) "A single-payer system, in which the government finances health care but the delivery of health care services in under private control, is the only way to achieve distributional efficiency in the U.S' health care system." In the single-payer system, a "single-payer" refers to the funding that would be made up of a single public or quasi-public agency that finances everyone's medical

Single payer increases the success of healthcare by enhancing the complete healthiness of a country (Reid 238). Everyone will be healthier if they can receive preventive care (Reid 238). A single payer healthcare system gives

Characterizing issues like single payer as "far left" or even left is inaccurate. It is supported by the majority not only in Californians but the rest of the country as well. And "highly expensive" is rather relative. Compared to the alternative profiteering insurance and out-of-control pharmaceutical models, single payer is highly affordable. Not to mention efficient and effective.

According the CIA’s website the United States ranks 42nd, whilst countries that have global healthcare; like Canada, ranks at 19th. Being the leader in technology growth and innovation, the United States being this low is a large problem within the nation. Obamacare was a great start to getting people involved within the whole idea of a total health care plan. But the United States needs to catch up, as these rates and copays sky rocket up, the middle class is getting hit with incredible fee’s that just aren’t sustainable. This single pay plan would allow middle pay rates to not get hit with extremely heavy with fees, and still allowing everyone to be covered equally.

Lastly, another popular stance among the opposition is that universal health care is nothing more than welfare, and therefore freeloading off the government. That people who didn’t have insurance weren’t properly preparing and deserve what they get. The examples given in support for this are that only those citizens who are lazy or unwilling to work would ask for such a handout from the government, or that an uninsured citizen didn’t make positive life choices and should get what they deserve. These arguments are difficult to argue against because they are erroneous. While there is a chance that a small amount of the population will fall into the category of lazy and unwilling to work, the number of Americans in need that would benefit from the system would be greater. Also, the people who they assume would abuse the system would already be abusing the current welfare or Medicaid systems. As for those who didn’t properly prepare, poverty stricken families that are unable to afford insurance shouldn’t be continuously punished by keeping a system that doesn’t afford them a fair chance to flourish.

Amongst many of the Unites States government run systems, healthcare is essentially a money making machine with little regard to the well-being of those in need. Our current system, widely known as ObamaCare, is an individual mandate system. The individual mandate system has historically been proposed by republicans, most notably Bob Dole and Mitt Romney, as a combat to the single-payer system. Single payer health care has been implemented by the majority of developed nations throughout the world. Despite being the world's largest economy, the United States healthcare system is ranked 37th by the worlds health organization (2), as it directly causes an estimated (by Reuters) 26,000 annual deaths as a result of lack of coverage (3). Given the context, I am inclined to support the idea of a complete reform to our current system, and pursuing a single-payer system in the US.