• marcos
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    2 months ago

    The difference between universal single payer and universal public insurance is that the government bills for it in a different name?

    Also, did the author look for every kind of color blindness before they picked a set that breaks them all?

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      2 months ago

      I read a little more - universal insurance means everyone has coverage. That coverage could be achieved more than one way - public, private, or a mix.

      Single payer is universal insurance, but specifically where only one entity is issuing payment. Depending which place I was reading, some people didn’t even consider Canada’s system to be single payer since money comes from individual provinces rather than the federal government.

      Having large payers rather than a network of different customers and vendors concentrates buying/negotiating power and reduces administrative overhead.

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        2 months ago

        So, the actual difference would be that in “universal public insurance” more than one governmental entity provides the service?

        Because, is there actually any country where the single-payer doesn’t have some kind of nation/province/city agreement or some specialized organization at different spheres?

        Anyway Canada is classified as single payer on the map.

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          Yeah, seems like there are differing opinions on what counts.