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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: TimF who wrote (3071)12/4/2007 9:26:25 PM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42652
 
Two large accounts, that aren't permitted to collaborate on their buying, combined with a bunch of smaller accounts, compared to having one monopsony buyer that also has regulatory power.

The drug companies are international businesses, with many government customers. Not one buyer; many buyer. The US is the weird market.