Over the past few years, a constant refrain in the healthcare reform debate featuring the National Health Insurance Bill, now Act, has been whether the country can afford the proposed changes and how the single-payer fund at its centre will be resourced. There is still no prerequisite money bill in the public domain, so the debate continues.

Paula Armstrong has been contributing expert analysis for years and has published seminal research on the proposed universal healthcare system’s costs, sustainability, and funding. Take this deep dive with us to comprehensively understand the topic.