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

To: Brumar89 who wrote (7235)	6/28/2009 9:05:28 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

But, as you might expect, when you compare administrative costs on a per-person basis, Medicare is dramatically less efficient than private insurance plans. As you can see here, between 2001-2005, Medicare's administrative costs on a per-person basis were 24.8% higher, on average, than private insurers. Man. Isn't that a telling statistic? 24.8% higher. RoadWalker has consistently claimed that Medicare is a model of efficiency compared with private plans. Wonder what he'll have to say on this issue... government is rarely, if ever, more efficient than the private sector Was there ever any doubt?