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A comment on Healthy California Act: proposal to make findings about single-payer healthcare. Parent comment

Re:Healthy California Act: proposal to make findings about s... by r00fus on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @09:10PM (#13826261)
Why? Disagree with your reasoning, it's not about per-capita, it's about absolute numbers in the risk pool and ability for a large actor like CA to better negotiate prices down.

Why do you think Apple gets better prices than, e.g. Logitech for component parts? Because they order massively more, up-front, and with strict timetables for delivery.

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Re:Healthy California Act: proposal to make findings about s... by CalChris on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @09:38PM (#13826442)
Costs are still per capita. We will only be able to negotiate so much and we'd be negotiating with providers rather the insurance companies.

To be very clear, I think CA can afford this and I think we should do it.

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