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Dated: 2024-12-05. Added: 2024-12-05. Alternate title: “After UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Killing, Americans Express Frustration With Health Insurance Industry”.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I live under a rock; what is “single payer”?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

Single payer is a term generally used to describe government-paid, or socialized medicine. The government is the "payer" of the healthcare. In the absence of private-insurance companies, they would be the single payer. At least that's how I think of the term.