Single-Payer Healthcare

If NCDs were reversed through dietary intervention in a single-payer system, the downstream tax burden required to fund the healthcare system would decrease. Single-payer governments have failed to act on their financial incentive to promo…

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If NCDs were reversed through dietary intervention in a single-payer system, the downstream tax burden required to fund the healthcare system would decrease. Single-payer governments have failed to act on their financial incentive to promote dietary interventions, creating a policy misalignment. In a single-payer healthcare system, governments are directly exposed to the financial cost of non-communicable diseases.