Single Payer Health Care [View all]

[fadedrose]

How does it work?

I understand that the government pays all health costs and they get the money from every person. Does the government buy insurance from private insurance companies, or are the private insurance companies out of it altogether?

And do they take the premium from paychecks? Unemployment checks? How do they manage to get a premium from everyone? Is it based on income or it a standard deduction?

It sounds so good...would love to know the details. Isn't this how Canada does it, single payer?