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Single Payer Health Systems

questionseverything

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1. So if medical providers can't collect their pay for services,

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 01:56 PM

Apr 12

How will they continue to be in business?

Healthcare needs to be addressed nationally, state by state we have no power because providers will just leave the state

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Some respite from the extremism of absurd medical bills: Governor Mills Signs Law to Strengthen Protections for Maine [View all] ck4829 Apr 12 OP

So if medical providers can't collect their pay for services, questionseverything Apr 12 #1

Maybe don't rip patients off at every turn? If you bill people for breathing air, eventually they will run out of money ck4829 Apr 13 #2