Single Payer: Why Government-Run Health Care Will Harm Both Patients and Doctors
Such government control would:
- Result in substantially lower payments to physicians and other health care providers compared to a multiple-payer system;
- Reduce the quality of care by limiting the ability of physicians to invest in advanced medical equipment that takes advantage of new technology;
- Limit access to care in the near term, as current physicians and other professionals retire earlier or otherwise leave the profession;
- Limit access to care even more substantially in the long term, as the prospect of lower lifetime earnings reduces the incentive for talented people to choose careers in health care; and
- Reduce the rate of medical progress, because fewer talented people receiving medical training decreases the supply of talented medical researchers.
Stingy Payer" Damages Future Generations as Well
The establishment of a "single payer" health care system would inevitably result in lower payments for physician and other health care providers. The immediate effect of having a single ("stingy") payer would be lower incomes for physicians and a reduction in the supply of active physicians, thereby impairing access to health care for all patients. However, the result of "single/stingy payer" health care will not only be lower incomes for physicians now but reduced access and lower quality health care for future generations as well.
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