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Cost of Single-Payer Health Care in the U.S: A Systematic Review

​James G. Kahn, a professor in the UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, and Michael A. Rodriguez, professor and vice chair in the Department of Family Medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and faculty associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, discussed findings from a recent study by researchers at UCLA, UCSF, and UC Berkeley that shows that a single-payer health care system would save the U.S. money over time. They looked at 22 economic analyses by government, business, and academic centers across California, New York, and other states and found that 19 of them predicted savings in the first year after implementation, averaging 3.5% of total health care spending.

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James Kahn

James Kahn

Michael Rodri­guez

Michael Rodri­guez

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