Mike Pence says Hillary Clinton wants to turn Obamacare into single-payer

Republican Mike Pence warned during the Oct. 4 vice presidential debate that the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, is only going to get bigger if Democrat Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Tim Kaine, are elected Nov. 8.

"Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine want to build on Obamacare," Pence said. "They want to expand it into a single-payer program. And for all the world, Hillary Clinton just thinks Obamacare is a good start."

Converting Obamacare to a single-payer program would make it, like Medicare, a federal health insurance program run by the federal government. Currently, Obamacare promotes policies supplied by private insurance companies.

Some Democrats — including, at one time, Barack Obama — pushed for a single-payer system comparable with what other developed countries have. But that turned out to be politically untenable. The result was the Obamacare patchwork of different commercial insurance plans offered in "marketplaces" by individual states and the federal government.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/oct/05/mike-pence/mike-pence-says-hillary-clinton-want-turn-obamacar/