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Fri May 12, 2017, 06:46 PM May 2017

Dissecting Aetnas surprising single-payer stance

by Dylan Scott and Sarah Kliff at Vox

https://www.vox.com/health-care/2017/5/12/15428174/dissecting-aetnas-surprising-single-payer-stance

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Aetna chief executive Mark Bertolini told employees in a private meeting Thursday that he thinks the United States "should have" a debate about single-payer.

"Single-payer, I think we should have that debate as a nation," Bertolini said in a video tape of his remarks provided to Vox by an attendee at the meeting.

You can read his whole answer in my story — but here in VoxCare, I want to catch you up on what has happened since the video leaked this morning.

Bertolini had a previously scheduled earnings call with health care analysts on Friday, where he gave more detail about the type of single-payer system he thinks is worth debating. He gave the example of Germany, where the government contracts with private companies to provide a standardized set of benefits to all residents.


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