Key Design Components and Considerations for Establishing a Single-Payer Health Care System

Congressional Budget Office

No 55150, Reports from Congressional Budget Office

Abstract: Some Members of Congress have proposed establishing a single-payer health care system in the United States to ensure that virtually everyone has health insurance. In a typical single-payer system, people enroll in a health plan operated by the government, and the receipts and expenditures associated with the plan appear in the government’s budget. This report describes the primary features of single-payer systems, and it discusses some of the design considerations and choices that policymakers will face in developing proposals for establishing such a system.

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Date: 2019-05-01
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