Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 months agoA guide to Single Payer Healthcarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1575arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up1554arrow-down1imageA guide to Single Payer Healthcarelemmy.worldPotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareliv@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months 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-squarethawed_caveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoIsn’t that an intrinsic part of single payer healthcare?
minus-squareGabu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months 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