What would a single payer system look like?

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So as we enter 2016 we have a democratic candidate opting for a single payer system or rather "Medicare for all". Now whether something like this could or should pass, what would the healthcare system look like with this in place. Please note that this is not a political argument as far as democrat vs republican or anything like that. I am simply curious to see how the system would change and if the change would be better, worse, or the same. Please feel free to post your thoughts!

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Public support for ‘single payer' health coverage grows

JUNE 23, 2017

Currently, 60% say the federal government is responsible for ensuring health care coverage for all Americans, while 39% say this is not the government's responsibility. These views are unchanged from January, but the share saying health coverage is a government responsibility remains at its highest level in nearly a decade.

Among those who see a government responsibility to provide health coverage for all, more now say it should be provided through a single health insurance system run by the government, rather than through a mix of private companies and government programs. Overall, 33% of the public now favors such a single payer” approach to health insurance, up 5 percentage points since January and 12 points since 2014.

Democrats – especially liberal Democrats – are much more supportive of this approach than they were even at the start of this year...

Support for single-payer health insurance grows in U.S. | Pew Research Center

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What do health insurance corporations do better than Medicare that makes their executive and shareholder compensation worth it?

As was stated that doesn't even take into account whet providers have to pay to deal with so many different plans.

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About half of Americans support single-payer health care

By Emily Guskin April 12, 2018

A Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds a 51 percent majority of Americans support a national health plan, also known as a single-payer plan, while 43 percent oppose it....

... Nearly three-quarters of Democrats support a single-payer health plan (74 percent), while a slightly larger share of Republicans oppose it (80 percent). Independents break the tie, supporting a government-run health-care plan by 54 percent to 40 percent.

Almost three-quarters of Democrats support single-payer, along with over half of independents

Q: Do you support or oppose having a national health plan -- or a single-payer plan -- in which all Americans would get their insurance from a single government plan?...

About half of Americans support single-payer health care - The Washington Post

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Whatever it looks like, it would sure as hell be better than not having any insurance at all.

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It would be the best of all worlds. Better care, cheaper, and faster. We need to get with the rest of the world. Everyone should be able to have care absolutely whenever they need it.

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