NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer health plan for NYers

Re:NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer h... by jmyeet on Monday May 09, 2022 @06:54PM (#31320954)

Cue the Republican challenge arguing the state has exceeded its authority and this is a Federal issue (just like how Ajit Pai removed net neutrality saying it wasn't a Federal issue but then turned around and challenged California's net neutrality as being within the FCC's authority).

As for the NY bill, I'll be interested to see what this looks like. There are many variations on single-payer. For example, the NHS in the UK has many medical professionals (including primary care physicians) as government employees. In Australia, Medicare works by government rebate.

The other aspect will be how this will impact coverage out-of-state, employment coverage and employment insurance premiums.

You see many reactionaries argue "but it will raise taxes!". Welll... yes and no. You're already paying for your employer health insurance. This just shifts that cost to the government (sort of) but now health insurance isn't tied to employment.

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Re:NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer h... by pkt_nspktr on Monday May 09, 2022 @07:06PM (#31321058)

Data point of n=1: I think this effort by NY is exactly where the experiment of single-payer health care in the United States should occur, as per the 10th Amendment. According to Third Way[1], (which advocates for federal-level universal healthcare), three other states which have tried single-payer health care have ended up discontinuing their programs: Colorado, Massachusetts, and Vermont. Perhaps New York has identified where those states have failed and its proposal will address those shortcomings.

[1] https://www.thirdway.org/report/single-payer-health-care-a-t...

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