HealthLeaders Media May 1, 2019
John Commins

A new report says transitioning the nation’s $3.5 trillion healthcare system to a single-payer system ‘could be complicated, challenging, and potentially disruptive.’

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The report punts on the biggest question about single-payer: How much would it cost?

That cost ‘would depend on the system’s design and on the choice of whether or not to increase budget deficits.’

While a single-payer system would significantly reduce the numbers of uninsured, exactly by how much would depend upon the system’s design.

The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that government spending under a single-payer health system “would increase substantially.”

However, the report didn’t say how much a single-payer system would cost, nor did it say if total...

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