single-payer

adjective

sin·​gle-pay·​er ˈsiŋ-gəl-ˈpā-ər 

: of, relating to, or being a system in which health care providers are paid for their services by the government rather than by private insurers

Examples of single-payer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

El-Sayed ran on a Sanders-esque populist platform, including a call for single-payer health care and to raise the minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour. — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 10 July 2026

Rutinel reportedly shifted his stance on a number of issues during the primary, moving away from progressive positions opposing fracking and supporting single-payer health care and student-debt cancellation. — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026

When Newsom advanced the notion of a single-payer system in 2018, everyone knowledgeable about the state’s massive, very expensive and multi-player system of health care also knew that fundamental change would be very complicated and very difficult. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 23 June 2026

These agencies could pool risks through a single-payer insurance system and reduce those risks through investment in resilience measures. — The Conversation, Fortune, 12 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1987, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for single-payer

• interlayer
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