@[email protected] to Cool [email protected]English • 1 year agoA guide to Single Payer Healthcarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1569
arrow-up1569imageA guide to Single Payer Healthcarelemmy.world@[email protected] to Cool [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square50fedilink
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoSupplementary point: here in New Zealand we also have Single Buyer. That means for all medicine there is one buyer, who is able to negotiate bulk pricing with international drug companies.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoIsn’t that an intrinsic part of single payer healthcare?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoNot necessarily, but in effect, yes – because the state itself buys so much medicine at the lowest price available, the price for private businesses also drops as if they were buying via the state
Supplementary point: here in New Zealand we also have Single Buyer.
That means for all medicine there is one buyer, who is able to negotiate bulk pricing with international drug companies.
Isn’t that an intrinsic part of single payer healthcare?
Not necessarily, but in effect, yes – because the state itself buys so much medicine at the lowest price available, the price for private businesses also drops as if they were buying via the state