Why everyone has to pay into a universal, Single payer system

[Yavin4]

If we want a single payer system, everyone has to pay into it in order for it to work. Funding it with a combination of payroll and sales taxes makes everyone vested in the system. That gives the system the political power it needs to protect itself from demagogues. Also, it gives the system the leverage to bargain for lower prices for healthcare services and pharmaceuticals.

Once you exclude people from paying into the system, it will fall apart.

[J_William_Ryan]

1. True.

One of the many benefits of a single payer system is that health insurance companies can go back to being health insurance companies again – selling policies to those who can afford it and who don’t want to participate in the Medicare-For-All.

Of course those who do buy private health insurance will still be required to contribute to Medicare-For-All.