How to Use single-payer in a Sentence
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Many on the Left, however, argue that this is not a step close enough to a full single-payer system.
— Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2023 -
He is not wedded to a Medicare for All-style single-payer system.
— Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2023 -
The overall cost of single-payer in California could reach $500 billion a year.
— Sally Pipes, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023 -
With health care, Jaramillo supports a Medicare for All-type single-payer system.
— Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2023 -
Newsom signed a bill that sets the stage for California to work toward universal healthcare, such as a single-payer system that progressive activists have sought for years.
— Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023 -
No such incentive exists within the single-payer version of Medicare.
— Avik Roy, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 -
Just two days ago, volunteers for the California Nurses Assn., a staunch supporter of single-payer, were calling state lawmakers in hopes of a better outcome.
— Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024 -
Lighty, whose organization supports single-payer health care, said the deadlines could help speed up the administration’s work.
— Sophia Bollag, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2023 -
The setback galvanized the left wing of the Democratic Party, which saw single-payer as a litmus test for political candidates, and Newsom embraced the cause during his 2018 campaign.
— Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023 -
Only because Biden’s relevant staff is opposed to private insurance and wants a single-payer government system like Britain has.
— Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 15 July 2023 -
The country's single-payer system has been quite successful following decades of unsuccessful health care systems.
— Devika Rao, theweek, 5 Apr. 2024 -
Sanders has long advocated to create a single-payer, national health insurance program, and Mr. Biden has made lowering health care costs a centerpiece of his White House, as well as his reelection campaign.
— Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2024 -
Gutierrez advocated for a single-payer health care system; Allred doesn’t, instead pushing for an expansion of Medicaid.
— Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2024 -
After a pacemaker insertion, cancer treatment, and a career collecting medical bills, Williams wants the U.S. to transition to a single-payer system.
— USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024 -
Adopt universal single-payer healthcare coverage and a healthcare cost control system.
— Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023 -
Although elusive, a single-payer health care system has been another longtime goal for Newsom, who has been California’s governor since 2019 and was previously the state’s lieutenant governor.
— John Wilkerson and Rachel Cohrs Zhang, STAT, 21 July 2024 -
In one of the more inflammatory proposals, the group spent almost 45 minutes of the six-hour meeting arguing about whether the AMA should be able to discuss all health reform proposals, or continue to categorically oppose any single-payer models.
— Bob Herman Reprints, STAT, 13 Nov. 2023 -
Rivas supported legislation to create single-payer healthcare in California and allow legislative employees to unionize, both bills that Govern for California lobbied against.
— Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023 -
Advertisement Single-payer healthcare California lawmakers have repeatedly considered overhauling the healthcare system to create a single-payer system that would insure all state residents.
— Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
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