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

Fissures emerge Candidates divided along clearer lines when Kim brought up one of her campaign goals: to create a public homeowner insurance system, like a single-payer health care system, that would cover claims from natural disasters instead of relying on private companies to do so. —Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 14 Feb. 2026

The biggest barrier to health care access is a system designed to put profit over people – and the only real solution is universal single-payer healthcare. —Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026

Absent from the proposal are sweeping new taxes on the wealthy, a cap on credit card interest rates and the creation of a single-payer health-care system, which are popular with prominent progressives like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. —Garrett Downs, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026

Vermont aborted its attempt to implement single-payer more than a decade ago after its governor concluded that the taxes needed to finance the system would crater the state economy. —Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1987, in the meaning defined above

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