For more than half a century, advocates for a government-run, single-payer approach to health care coverage have touted its potential. With debate over the Affordable Care Act heating up by the day, progressives, both at the state and federal levels are now pushing anew to move to some form of this system. Most recently, the California Legislature introduced a bill to accomplish this, although without any details of how it would work.
On the surface, the arguments sound reasonable. Cut out the middleman — the insurance company — and use the savings to provide universal coverage at lower cost. Yet all attempts in the United States to implement this concept have failed. For example, Vermont made a serious run at a state-based, single-payer system — only to see it abandoned after only three years, due to major cost increases and the need to dramatically raise taxes to fund the expense.
In practice, a single-payer system would cost more than the most efficient and effective programs that exist today, all while compromising access and, over time, quality.
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