Single-payer systems typically apply all of the following practices except one. Which one?

a. Provide a uniform fee schedule for all services.
b. Establish global budgets setting caps on spending.
c. Create a mechanism to ease pressure on the system when shortages develop, i.e., a safety valve.
d. Require government ownership of the medical infrastructure of clinics and hospitals.


a. Provide a uniform fee schedule for all services

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