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Payers = Medicare for All, UNH, Aetna, etc.
Providers = Hospitals, doctors, medical supplies, etc.
It's entirely possible to have one payer and then having a governing body regulate a free market[0] comprised of providers in the market.
[0] - I'm using the word free market not in its purest form (which rarely exists) but rather in a more colloquially way.
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Payers = Medicare for All, UNH, Aetna, etc.
Providers = Hospitals, doctors, medical supplies, etc.
It's entirely possible to have one payer and then having a governing body regulate a free market[0] comprised of providers in the market.
[0] - I'm using the word free market not in its purest form (which rarely exists) but rather in a more colloquially way.