multipayer, single-payer universal health care, chargemaster

QUOTATION OF THE DAY "Obviously he likes Norwegians because they are white. But he knows nothing about Norway, a country with single-payer universal health care and free college education. Why would anyone want to leave Norway for the U.S.?" Mae Ngai, an immigration historian at Columbia University, responding to the president’s reported comments.

One way is by co-opting your antagonist's issue. If, for example, you disagree with
Michael Moore's demand for single-payer universal health care, clashing with him head-on
is probably not the best approach. Instead, understand why he's getting traction with
middle-class America and small business owners: because he holds out the prospect of
lower health care costs. Adopt that as your goal and propose an alternative road for getting
there. Rather than be negative, give Moore's campaign a nod and treat it with a trace of
indulgence – his heart is in the right place.

multipayer

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  • 1.1Etymology
  • 1.2Adjective
    • 1.2.1See also

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

multi- +‎ payer

Adjective[edit]

multipayer (not comparable)

1. (chiefly healthcare) Involving payment by more than one party. quotations ▼

See also[edit]

• chargemaster

chargemaster

See also: charge-master and charge master

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  • 1.1Etymology
  • 1.2Noun
    • 1.2.1Quotations
    • 1.2.2See also
  • 1.3References

English[edit]

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Chargemaster

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Chargemaster

Etymology[edit]

charge +‎ master

Noun[edit]

chargemaster (plural chargemasters)

1. (US, healthcare) a comprehensive list maintained by a hospital of prices of goods and services it will bill to its patients and their respective health insurers. quotations ▼

   The patient faced bankruptcy because she couldn't pay off the hundreds of thousands of dollars accrued from her hospital bill, including a price from the chargemaster for a single acetaminophen pill at ten times the cost for the same pill over-the-counter at a pharmacy.

co-opt

 音節

co-opt

発音

kouɑ'pt | -ɔ'pt

[動](他)((形式))

1 〈現在の会員・委員などが〉〈新会員・新委員を〉（…に）選ぶ；〈人に〉（自分への）支持を頼む((as, into, onto ...)).

2 〈反対者を〉（団体・運動などに）吸収する；〈他のグループのスローガンなどを〉採用する.

co-óp・ta・tive, co-óp・tive

[形]

VERB

[WITH OBJECT]

1Appoint to membership of a committee or other body by invitation of the existing members:the committee may co-opt additional members for special purposes

1.1Divert to or use in a role different from the usualor original one:[WITH OBJECT AND INFINITIVE]: social scientists were co-opted to work with the development agencies

1.2Adopt (an idea or policy) for one’s own use:the green parties have had most of their ideas co-opted by bigger parties

Origin

mid 17th century: from Latin cooptare, from co-'together' + optare 'choose'.