single-payer healthcare
nounUK /ˌsɪŋɡəl ˈpeɪə ˈhelθkeə/
US /ˌsɪŋɡəl ˈpeɪər ˈhelθker/
A way to pay for everyone's doctor visits where the government pays instead of each person.
In a single-payer healthcare system, people pay taxes and the government covers their medical bills.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A system where one organization collects all healthcare payments and pays all doctors and hospitals.
Under single-payer healthcare, hospitals send their bills to one government agency.
3. A political idea about who should pay for medical care.
Some people support single-payer healthcare because they think no one should go broke from getting sick.
4. A model of health financing studied by economists.
The report compared single-payer healthcare with private insurance plans.