States tempted by single-payer should take a clear-eyed look at the tradeoffs. Governments may be able to guarantee coverage. But they cannot — and do not — guarantee access to care, as Canadians and Britons know all too well.
Progressives are dreaming once again of a government takeover of the healthcare system. Locked out of power in Washington, they’re taking their fight for single-payer to blue states.
This week, four New Yorkers took to the pages of the journal Health Affairs to make their case for how the Empire State can deliver universal coverage on its own.
Absent from their analysis — and from any pitch for single-payer, for that matter — is the immense human cost of government-provisioned health insurance. Waiting lists, doctor shortages, and restrictions on access to care are the norm.
Just ask patients in Canada and the United Kingdom.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.
States should think twice before embracing single-payer
Sally C. Pipes
States tempted by single-payer should take a clear-eyed look at the tradeoffs. Governments may be able to guarantee coverage. But they cannot — and do not — guarantee access to care, as Canadians and Britons know all too well.
Progressives are dreaming once again of a government takeover of the healthcare system. Locked out of power in Washington, they’re taking their fight for single-payer to blue states.
This week, four New Yorkers took to the pages of the journal Health Affairs to make their case for how the Empire State can deliver universal coverage on its own.
Absent from their analysis — and from any pitch for single-payer, for that matter — is the immense human cost of government-provisioned health insurance. Waiting lists, doctor shortages, and restrictions on access to care are the norm.
Just ask patients in Canada and the United Kingdom.
Read the op-ed here.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.