What is single payer health care?

Some details to consider: Who should be covered? (Citizens only?  Legal residents?  Undocumented immigrants?)  And if you don’t think everyone should be covered, who should pay for the care of those who can't afford it? What should be covered...

Honestly From the research i've seen their health care is actually better over all then ours simply due to the fact that people go to the doctor earlier. They get preventative treatment. The wait times in the ER are generally lower since there are less...

I wouldn't mind paying a little more for everything if every time I went to the doctors it was like a $10 co-pay and I'm done, no bills. Yet we're held hostage by insurance companies, drug companies and the politicians in Congress that take bribes from...

I know about the issues with ERISA and Medicare, but about the issues with things like state-based (or national) exchanges, the requirement that states provide at least 2 national plans in their exchanges with at least one being private, non-profit ...

I can't figure out if I am for it or not. "I happen to be a proponent of single payer or universal health care coverage. That's what I'd like to see." - 2003 "My committment is to make sure that we have universal health care for all americans...

. Nixon proposed single payer health care in 1972 -- Teddy Kennedy killed the idea Clinton proposed single payer health care in 1992 -- a democratic congress refused to allow the bill out of committee to be voted on Obama proposed single payer health...

Reasonably educated, late-30s American male voter, working full-time, with no political connections. What are the most effective ways I can support a shift to single-payer health care in the United States? As is the case for so many Americans, healthcare...

"Let me also address an illegitimate concern that is being put forward by those who are claiming a public option is somehow a Trojan Horse for a single-payer system" -Obama "I'm a proponent for a single payer healthcare system" -Obama...

Or if you don't believe in any free market possibility, can you answer why a voucher system might not be a reasonable alternative to a single payer system. Health care delivery is a complex and emotional/moralistic issue, no doubt. What I want to understand...