Is Innovation Suppressed in a Universal Healthcare Supply Chain?
Abstract
One argument against universal health supply chain isn’t so easy to dismiss—the argument about innovation and the cutting edge of medical care. In a universal healthcare supply chain system, the government seeks to limit spending through lower payments to pharmaceutical companies and other producers of medical supplies. This would lead to both less innovation and less access to the innovation that already exists.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
Quality and Supply Management
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Productivity Press eBooks
- Pages
- 214–216
- Publication date
- 8 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter