Single Payer Health Care

[Joel thakkar]

8. They are many things to look in single payer

One of type of single payer system directly eliminates private insurance for many people. Hospital usually give govt the bills and govt pays it. Single payer is usually funded by income tax and other general revenue.

Now the problem arises when hospital are private-for-profit. They will always want to make fees higher for all types of medical services. Govt usually puts a cap on fees for majority of the medical services. They will start lobbying, starting crying in the media to make medical fees higher to get more profits.

To eliminate this problem, Vermont bill passed a law which bans for-profit-hospitals. Thus, vermont can only have Govt hospitals or non-profit org. hospitals.

Single payer usually doesn't have nay premium but there may be co-pay for few medical treatments.