What Are the Potential Impacts of Single-Payer Health Care?

Controlling costs while improving health care access dominates policy debates in Congress. Some policymakers are increasingly discussing “Medicare-for-All” proposals and multiple single-payer proposals have recently emerged. What do policymakers need to know when thinking about single-payer proposals and their likely effects on cost and access?

In this briefing, Jodi Liu discusses:

key characteristics of single-payer health care proposals and their potential impact
common misconceptions and areas of uncertainty
plan details and implementation decisions that would affect impacts, including the cost of care, changes in total spending, and provider payment.