Single payer health insurance is a system by which the health care expenditures of an entire population are paid for through one source.

Distinctly different from socialized medicine (where the government owns and operates health care facilities) a “single payer system” is simply a financing mechanism. The government collects and allocates money for health care but has little to no involvement in the actual delivery of services. Care is provided privately at hospitals and clinics but paid for publicly.

During the summer of 2009, Remote Access Medical, which normally serves the healthcare needs of 3rd world countries, came to the United States to serve a fraction of the 50 million under and uninsured. RAM plans to return to Los Angeles summer of 2010. RAM is recruiting for the LA clinic now: volunteer

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Watch the California State Senate approve singlepayer legislation.

Next stop, the California's State Assembly. With an upcoming gubernatorial election, California activists are also working to ensure a commitment from candidates.

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