I have a buddy who is skeptical of single payer. His main question is:

"Under single payer, how would my fathers private practice work? Would they be government owned? How would they make money?"

It's a fair question I don't have a great answer to off the top of my head. How would I answer that? Is it as simple as government subsidies would cover it?

  • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Why would the ownership of his practice be affected by a change to the insurance sector?

    Nothing is changing about the healthcare itself, except for whose name is on the check they're being paid with.

    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). "Single-payer" describes the mechanism by which healthcare is paid for by a single public authority, not a private authority, nor a mix of both.

    -ripped from the first section of the wikipedia page