Single-Payer Healthcare Certification

This three-hour Single-Payer Healthcare Certification Course was explicitly requested by NABIP members and we are delighted to have NABIP CEO Janet Trautwein teach it in its entirety. It is exceptionally critical for producers to understand in depth what single-payer means, and what it would mean for their families, clients and our country. 

Single-payer healthcare is such an important topic right now because the United States is one of the few industrialized countries in the world that does not have a system for providing universal healthcare coverage for all of its citizens. The United States spends more on its healthcare system than other countries do. Following the passage of the Affordable Care Act, we still have 28 million uninsured people in our country.

Members of Congress are talking about whether a single-payer system, such as we see in Canada and other countries, would be the way to achieve universal coverage in the United States. A single-payer system has become a real topic of political contention. Additionally, people who influence the healthcare policy in our country are talking about this on an ongoing basis.

This course provides in-depth instruction on the importance of the overall functioning of healthcare delivery and financing in our country, important references for supplemental reading and a final exam. 

What students will learn:

• Characteristics of single-payer healthcare plans
• Types of healthcare delivery and payment systems
• Pros & cons of multi-payer healthcare systems
• Benefit structure under single-payer systems
• Provider payment methods - fee-for-services
• Prescription drug payments
• Cost containment
• Single-payer healthcare systems around the world
• Why the United States is different
• Why the United States costs are higher
• United States politics in single-payer legislation
• Consequences of public option plans, Medicare buy-in and Medicaid buy-in plans