HealthLeaders Media May 1, 2019
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.’
KEY TAKEAWAYS
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...