U.S. to set up plan aimed at allowing prescription drugs from Canada

Re:U.S. to set up plan aimed at allowing prescription drugs ... by throw0101a on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @02:26PM (#20576899)

> Prices are low in Canada because they have the negotiating power of the entire country behind their single payer system driving prices down.

A clarification: Canada does not have a single payer system. Rather it has multiple single payer systems.

Canada is a federation, in that while it has one national government, it also has ten provincial governments (and three territories).

Health care is the responsibility of the provinces, and so there is not "national" health care system (like in France or UK's NHS).

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Re:U.S. to set up plan aimed at allowing prescription drugs ... by Scoundreller on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @02:48PM (#20577060)

And drugs aren’t automatically covered by that single-payer system (except in hospitals).

Some groups are a federal responsibility for health care: (aboriginals, military, federal police, federal prisoners and veterans)

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