single-payer

adjective

sin·​gle-pay·​er ˈsiŋ-gəl-ˈpā-ər How to pronounce single-payer (audio)
: 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 The party’s base was demanding that candidates support Bernie Sanders’ single-payer health care plan, and the energy among many activists focused on discriminatory policing practices and policies following the deaths of George Floyd and other men and women in encounters with police. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024 Best of all, she and her husband are covered under South Korea’s single-payer national health insurance plan, and hospitals are close and affordable. Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024 The party’s base was demanding that candidates support Bernie Sanders’ single-payer healthcare plan, and the energy among many activists focused on discriminatory policing practices and policies following the deaths of George Floyd and other men and women in encounters with police. Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024 Read More from Vox Taiwan’s single-payer success story — and its lessons for America Two sisters. Dylan Scott, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 See all Example Sentences for single-payer 

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Word History

First Known Use

1987, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of single-payer was in 1987

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“Single-payer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single-payer. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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