The Failure of Europe’s Single-Payer Health Monopoly

Commentary — FEE

American progressives continue to advocate for a Medicare for All system, pointing to the Old Continent as a utopian model of universal access to health care. However, in Europe, systems in which the state functions as both direct provider and single-payer monopolist continue to fail. Contrary to the narrative pushed by certain political circles, Europeans …

Excerpt from FEE by Cláudia Ascensão Nunes. Shortened from the original; source wording retained. Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/