Re:Boy, 16, was given estrogen at L.A. juvenile hall, suit says
by Latty on Thursday July 16, 2020 @06:36PM
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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 could collectively negotiate for drug prices (as the NHS does here in the UK, very effectively).
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Re:Boy, 16, was given estrogen at L.A. juvenile hall, suit says
by gruez on Thursday July 16, 2020 @06:46PM
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>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-a...
Re:Boy, 16, was given estrogen at L.A. juvenile hall, suit says
by Latty on Thursday July 16, 2020 @06:52PM
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Sure, 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.