It’s a single entity that buys all the drugs and distributes it out where it’s needed. It’s called buying power and is very effective in negotiating a deal. They also allow generic drugs in most cases, so the patients and hospitals have options and are not held for ransom by big pharma.
Europeans pay very little for healthcare because they use a system designed to provide affordable healthcare and not to enrich the wealthy…
Here in the States, we call that system communism.
“We want the benefits without the ‘communism’, please and thank you.” -Capitalism-brained Americans
It’s a single entity that buys all the drugs and distributes it out where it’s needed. It’s called buying power and is very effective in negotiating a deal. They also allow generic drugs in most cases, so the patients and hospitals have options and are not held for ransom by big pharma.