A single payer refers to a system in which one entity (usually the government) pays all the medical bills for a specific population. And usually (though, again, not always) that entity sets the prices for medical procedures. A single-payer system is not the same thing as socialized medicine. In a truly socialized medicine system, the government not only pays the bills but also owns the health care facilities and employs the professionals who work there.
An unusual debate is attracting a storm of Internet commentary as viewers disagree over whether âthe dressâ is black and blue or white and gold. Things started when Tumblr user swiked posted a photo of the dress Wednesday and asked: âGuys please help me â is this dress white and gold, or blue and black.
The Science of Why No One Agrees on the Color of This Dress. The original image is in the middle. At left, white-balanced as if the dress is white-gold. At right, white-balanced to blue-black.swiked. Not since Monica Lewinsky was a White House intern has one blue dress been the source of so much consternation.ven Neitz, with his weird white-and-gold thing, admits that the dress is probably blue. âI actually printed the picture out,â he says. âThen I cut a little piece out and looked at it, and completely out of context itâs about halfway in between, not this dark blue color.