Advocates of 'single-payer' national health insurance holding rallies Friday

[John Q. Citizen]

Advocates of 'single-payer' national health insurance holding rallies Friday

By The Gazette State Bureau
HELENA - Supporters of a system of national health insurance for all citizens are holding rallies in six Montana cities Friday, to urge Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., to consider it as a possible reform.

"Only a single-payer system will meet the stated goals of President (Barack) Obama, by both providing heath care for all and bringing costs down significantly," says Rick Meis, an organizer of the Bozeman rally.

National health insurance, known as a "single-payer" system of financing health care, would provide the same, tax-payer-funded health insurance for all citizens.

The government would become the "single payer" of basic medical bills, negotiating payment to private physicians, hospitals and other providers. This public insurance would largely replace private health insurance and cover all citizens equally.

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