Single-payer healthcare is a system where every citizen pays the government to provide core healthcare services for all residents. Under this system the government may provide the care themselves or pay a private healthcare provider to do so. In a single-payer system all residents receive healthcare regardless of age, income or health status. Countries with single-payer healthcare systems include the U.K., Canada, Taiwan, Israel, France, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
@9LNJ7GMLiberal Democrat5 days5D
If you have private healthcare insurance you should be expempt but similarly you should only be able to access healthcare on NHS if you pay NI
@9J9XNQJ3mos3MO
I support a voluntary payer healthcare system. In which the government would run the affairs of such a system, but all funding of which would come from voluntary payments of the people in question. If they don't pay, they can't access treatment. If the NHS is so great, lets put it to the test.
Yes, but private hea lth care can egsist and provide private health care. However private companies can't profit off the NHS.
Privatize the healthcare and make in mandatory for everyone in the uk to have basic health insurance.
@9H4BWDH5mos5MO
No, however we should make the costs very low and the doctors should be trustworthy, unlike in the United States. And very low income people and the disabled should have free healthcare.
@9GYQQXV5mos5MO
To an extent, but not in is current form. Some services should be paid for and private medical insurance should be more affordable if NI was reduced.
@9BZMSTT11mos11MO
Yes, though the taxe should specifically go towards healthcare and not a piggy bank
@9BTX993Conservative12mos12MO
Yes, but allow for private healthcare alongside, and run the NHS more commercially to ensure greater efficiency
@9BJLKYZ1yr1Y
@9BDBN9P1yr1Y
Personal choose nhs or private must both be an option due to best medics greed to safe and support human life
@99PH7HS1yr1Y
Yes, but allow people to use private insurance and increase funding for NHS
@99BMB2J1yr1Y
Yes, but do I trust the current government? Absolutely not.
@99BHGDPConservative1yr1Y
Depends on it's quality
@98W3FKL1yr1Y
NHS should remains we the option for those to avoid being able to use private healthcare to then take pressure off the NHS
@97QR8PK1yr1Y
Yes but all immigrants should pay through private health insurance before entering the uk
Yes but private health care for cosmetic and some electives should be permitted.
@95GSD7GLibertarian2yrs2Y
No, it should be replaced with a Bismarck System.
@93W65BJConservative2yrs2Y
The Government should fund Healthcare as they have a duty to safeguard the people who invest sovereignity into them. Private companies who are based in the UK and the Crown dependencies should also fund the NHS through a monthly wealth and profit tax as they have a duty of care for their employees under British law.
Universal emergency care
@93RLLFF2yrs2Y
Yes, but allow private healthcare ina reas needed, like gender transition support
@938MTCR2yrs2Y
Healthcare should be universal and free.
@937Y9VC2yrs2Y
Yes basic health care should be available to all but perhaps a tiered system like Germany
@92PDWLC2yrs2Y
Abolish the current system in favour of replacing it with the Belgian model which provides free healthcare to all but works far better than our nationalised service.
@92C3V742yrs2Y
Yes, but allow private insurance and increase privatization
@8ZV9QTR2yrs2Y
I support a German approach
@8Z7J78QConservative2yrs2Y
Only for non essential medical things and treatments
@8YWMSFT2yrs2Y
Yes but those who pay taxes should be allowed quicker appointments, those who contribute to society should be allowed to go ahead of those of don’t.
@8YV2VLS2yrs2Y
Yes, but it should be means tested and people should be able to use private insurance.
@8Y334GH2yrs2Y
Yes, but tax the rich more
@8XYFWGY2yrs2Y
Move to a salary based payment system
It should be free except for immigrants unless they have worked paid taxes and have no criminal records and are not in receipt of benefits and all immigrants should pay privately through insurance before entering the uk
@8XS9JH82yrs2Y
No, all healthcare should be free to all citizens
@8XRM65M2yrs2Y
I need to do more research on this topic
@8WTDXK43yrs3Y
No, we should move towards a multi payer system
@8WRYKMJLiberal Democrat3yrs3Y
Help needs to be prioritised and not generalised. The government needs to hire more people to look at individual cases not as a whole.
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I believe in the NHS.However, private medical options should also be available if people want them
@8TNB7KN3yrs3Y
We need to move to a German or Dutch model
@8TLYBBB3yrs3Y
Continue with the NHS as is.
@Kovu 6mos6MO
Yes and no. I think it would be easier and better, however it needs to be done in a way or ways that are financially sustainable and also generally sustainable, long term. No one should profit of health care and it should be free or at least, greatly more accessible than it is to everyone, and that goes for insurance and medications too.
@9D2TB3SConservative9mos9MO
Routine health checks (including dental and eye checks), routine screening, GP and hospital appointments should be included in single pay. All health care should be included for children, pregnant women, terminally ill, military, NHS workers, full time students under 25 and OAPs. Anyone else should pay separately for operations, treatments and therapies. However, more conditions should be added to list of those exempt from paying prescription charges and any prescribed medication should be free of charge to those entitled to free prescriptions even if less than standard prescription charge or short term medication.
@9CG932R10mos10MO
Yes, but the system needs to be reviewed and reformed to be more effective and robust. This means increased funding.
@9BZYZVQ11mos11MO
European social insurance pls
@98HSMYY1yr1Y
i would pefer private healthcare, but with a means of making it affordable.
@9866KWG1yr1Y
Yes, but I would rather make all health services publicly owned, rather than state of privately owned
@97ZCKQ81yr1Y
It depends whether people can afford it.
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@96R63X92yrs2Y
Need affordable option that enables access to healthcare for all
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