Dissecting Aetnas surprising single-payer stance
by Dylan Scott and Sarah Kliff at Vox
https://www.vox.com/health-care/2017/5/12/15428174/dissecting-aetnas-surprising-single-payer-stance
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Aetna chief executive Mark Bertolini told employees in a private meeting Thursday that he thinks the United States "should have" a debate about single-payer.
"Single-payer, I think we should have that debate as a nation," Bertolini said in a video tape of his remarks provided to Vox by an attendee at the meeting.
You can read his whole answer in my story but here in VoxCare, I want to catch you up on what has happened since the video leaked this morning.
Bertolini had a previously scheduled earnings call with health care analysts on Friday, where he gave more detail about the type of single-payer system he thinks is worth debating. He gave the example of Germany, where the government contracts with private companies to provide a standardized set of benefits to all residents.
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