• liv@lemmy.nz
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    10 months ago

    Supplementary point: here in New Zealand we also have Single Buyer.

    That means for all medicine there is one buyer, who is able to negotiate bulk pricing with international drug companies.

      • Gabu@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Not necessarily, but in effect, yes – because the state itself buys so much medicine at the lowest price available, the price for private businesses also drops as if they were buying via the state