single-payer

[ sing-guhl-pey-er ]

adjective

1. noting or relating to a healthcare or health insurance system in which the government or a publicly owned and regulated agency pays all medical costs from a single fund.

Word History and Origins

Origin of single-payer¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

To do that, she has shifted a number of her positions - from border security to single-payer health care - to the centre.

From BBC

Likewise, single-payer, negotiated drug prices, and price caps were instantly off the table in health care reform, thanks to the money power of the health care-industrial complex.

From Salon

Attempts to reckon with the root causes of these issues are met with vitriol and censorship, and the kinds of solutions that might actually help broad swaths of people—such as student loan forgiveness or single-payer health care—are blocked with such vehemence that it can feel like a personal insult.

From Slate

Best of all, she and her husband are covered under South Korea’s single-payer national health insurance plan, and hospitals are close and affordable.

From Los Angeles Times

The party’s base was demanding that candidates support Bernie Sanders’ single-payer healthcare plan, and the energy among many activists focused on discriminatory policing practices and policies following the deaths of George Floyd and other men and women in encounters with police.

From Los Angeles Times