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