Definition of "payer" []

• One that pays: a prompt payer of bills. (noun)
• One named responsible for paying a bill or note. (noun)

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• "Some of those 51% include people like myself, who believe the plan represents a giant, limp-wristed copout ... and who, after years of study of the health care industry and the laws surrounding it, know for a fact that single-payer is the only TRUE solution."
• "Single payer is the way, these health insurance companies are worse than unions and people born in the south. db"
• "A government single payer is the only option that will work."