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[[Switzerland]], which has mandatory [[health insurance]], rejected a proposal to adopt a single payer system on March 11, 2007.<ref>http://www.businessinsurance.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?newsId=9723</ref>  71% of voters opposed it.  Switzerland currently has 87 different private health plans.   

[[Switzerland]], which has mandatory [[health insurance]], rejected a proposal to adopt a single payer system on March 11, 2007.<ref>http://www.businessinsurance.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?newsId=9723</ref>  71% of voters opposed it.  Switzerland currently has 87 different private health plans.   

[[David Hogberg]] wrote:

David Hogberg wrote:

* A single-payer [[health care system]] is one in which a single-entity -- the government -- collects almost all of the revenue for and pays almost all of the bills for the health care system. In most single-payer systems only a small percentage of health care expenses are paid for with private funds. Countries that have a single-payer system include [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[Sweden]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. <ref> [http://www.freemarketcure.com/singlepayermyths.php The Myths of Single-Payer Health Care] - [[David Hogberg]] </ref>

* A single-payer health care system is one in which a single-entity -- the government -- collects almost all of the revenue for and pays almost all of the bills for the health care system. In most single-payer systems only a small percentage of health care expenses are paid for with private funds. Countries that have a single-payer system include [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[Sweden]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. <ref> [http://www.freemarketcure.com/singlepayermyths.php The Myths of Single-Payer Health Care] - [[David Hogberg]] </ref>

Single-payer is popular among the political [[left]] in the United States.  

Single-payer is popular among the political [[left]] in the United States.