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Single Payer Health Systems

PumpkinAle

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2. Ask these docs........

Reply to Pterodactyl (Original post)

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 12:24 PM

Mar 2014

Physicians for a National Health Program
.... is a non-profit research and education organization of 19,000 physicians, medical students and health professionals who support single-payer national health insurance.

We educate physicians and other health professionals about the benefits of a single-payer system--including fewer administrative costs and affording health insurance for the 50 million Americans who have none.

http://www.pnhp.org/

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Why is single payer better than multiple payers? [View all] Pterodactyl Mar 2014 OP

single payer takes away the 3rd party profit incentive.. hlthe2b Mar 2014 #1

Even a multi-payer system can be not-for-profit. subterranean Mar 2014 #7

Yes.. didn't say it couldn't but single payer is definitely NFP and surely no multi-payer system hlthe2b Mar 2014 #8

Ask these docs........ PumpkinAle Mar 2014 #2

Well … you need to back up a little. Vox Moi Mar 2014 #3

Hmm. So why wouldn't we have single payer for other things, such as cars? Pterodactyl Mar 2014 #6

Humm … how about single payer for all car maintenance? Vox Moi Mar 2014 #9

Car maintenance makes sense, but why not car ownership? Pterodactyl Mar 2014 #10

it's not the "single" aspect but the government aspect alc Mar 2014 #4

Correct. Why should Americans pay monthly premiums to insurance companies stopbush Mar 2014 #5

And food. Why not single payer for food? Pterodactyl Apr 2014 #11

And housing. We should have single payer for housing. Pterodactyl Apr 2014 #12

Single payer covers everyone, regardless of income murphyj87 Apr 2014 #13