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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (3253)12/15/2007 6:35:08 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 42652
 
The Medicare system has administrative costs of less than 3 percent

No it doesn't.

Medicare and the Myth of Lower Admin Costs
healthcarebs.com

Medicare's Hidden Costs
cahi.org

The Cost to Administer Medicare Versus the Cost to Administer Private Health Plans--The Difference Isn't Anything Close to 25%
healthpolicyandmarket.blogspot.com

"...And finally, Medicare doesn’t actually process and pay claims for all of its beneficiaries. It contracts with health plans around the country to do much of this for them. That’s not in their administrative number, either — and it is, needless to say, in the private health plan number..."

letstalkhealthcare.org
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