Open AccessSingle-Payer Health Care in the United States: Feasible Solution or Grand Illusion?
Author(s) -
Lawrence D. Brown
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2019.305315
Subject(s) - illusion , dream , democracy , politics , health care , political science , political economy , public administration , medicine , law and economics , law , psychology , economics , neuroscience
The adoption of a single-payer health care system, a recurring dream of progressive American reformers, now enjoys sustained attention in the run-up to the 2020 national elections. Some compelling arguments support the case for single payer, and its political prospects may indeed be on the rise, but myriad obstacles beset it, and a full-throated Democratic endorsement of it carries disquieting risks.