The Virtues and Vices of Single-Payer Health Care
- 14 April 2016
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 374 (15), 1401-1403
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmp1602009
Abstract
The 2016 U.S. presidential campaign has produced many surprises. One unexpected turn is the reemergence of single-payer health insurance on the public agenda. Senator Bernie Sanders has made Medicare for All a centerpiece of his platform. His opponent for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has criticized Sanders’s plan as unrealistic. An old debate has thus reopened. What are the virtues and vices of single-payer reform? Is it a realistic option for the United States or a political impossibility?Keywords
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