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I would assume they are referring to most of the current suggestions for universal healthcare in the US, which follow a centralised model where a central body c
by Latty 6y ago
I would assume they are referring to most of the current suggestions for universal healthcare in the US, which follow a centralised model where a central body could collectively negotiate for drug prices (as the NHS does here in the UK, very effectively).
- gruez 6y ago>which follow a centralised model where a central body could collectively negotiate for drug prices That's orthogonal to universal healthcare or even a single payer system. There's nothing preventing you from having the whole country be represented collectively, but still have private insurers, like in germany. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2019/how-drug-prices-are-negotiated-germany https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2019/how-drug-prices-a...
- Latty 6y agoSure, that's true. It's not exactly uncommon to conflate a term with the most common/likely implementations known though, which is what I assumed happened here. It is true that universal healthcare could solve those problems, even if it doesn't have to.