Directory of Single-Payer Resources

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Single-payer health care is a system in which the government, rather than private insurers, pays for all health care costs.[1] Single-payer systems may contract for healthcare services from private organizations (as is the case in Canada) or may own and employ healthcare resources and personnel (as is the case in the United Kingdom). The term "single-payer" thus only describes the funding mechanism—referring to health care financed by a single public body from a single fund—and does not specify the type of delivery, or for whom doctors work. Although the fund holder is usually the state, some forms of single-payer use a mixed public-private system. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-payer_health_care

Resources in This Category

• Healthcare-NOW!

  http://www.healthcare-now.org/
  Organizing for a national single-payer healthcare system. Provides news and information, endorsements, resources and how to get involved.

• Mass-Care

  http://masscare.org/
  News and information about the Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care.

• Physicians for a National Health Program

  http://www.pnhp.org/
  Physicians, medical students and health professionals who support single-payer national health insurance. Includes news, research and proposals along with activism materials and information.

• Public Citizen - Single-Payer: Health Care for All

  http://www.citizen.org/singlepayer
  News and information about the single-payer system, and Public Citizens's history of activism in supporting it.

• Single Payer Action

  http://singlepayeraction.org/
  Provides news and information supporting a single-payer health insurance system.

• Single Payer Central

  http://www.singlepayercentral.com/
  Central clearinghouse of news and information on the health care financing mechanism in which the government collects and allocates money for health care but the actual delivery of services is provided privately at hospitals and clinics.

• The Economist - Single-Payer Health Care

  http://www.economist.com/topics/single-payer-health-care
  Collected news, analysis and commentary from the perspective of international politics and business.

• Vermont Health Care For All

  http://www.vermontforsinglepayer.org/
  Grassroots organization provides news, information and resources about the implementation of a state-wide single-payer health care system.

• Wikipedia - Single-Payer Health Care

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-payer_health_care
  Crowd-sourced encyclopedia article about the health care funding mechanism.

 

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