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single-payer

single-payer adjective: being or relating to a form of universal health care in which the costs of essential healthcare for all residents are covered by a single public system (whether state-run or contracted from private organizations).

Adjective

single-payer (not comparable)

  1. Being or relating to a form of universal health care in which the costs of essential healthcare for all residents are covered by a single public system (whether state-run or contracted from private organizations).
    Antonyms:
    multipayer

Antonyms of single-payer

Questions about single-payer

What does single-payer mean?
Single-payer means being or relating to a form of universal health care in which the costs of essential healthcare for all residents are covered by a single public system (whether state-run or contracted from private organizations).
What part of speech is single-payer?
Single-payer is an adjective.

Words near single-payer in the dictionary

  1. single-Os
  2. single-page application
  3. single-page applications
  4. single-parent families
  5. single-parent family
  6. single-payer
  7. single-phase
  8. single-phased
  9. single-phases
  10. single-phasing
  11. single-platform

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