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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (28144)8/4/2017 12:28:08 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 364708
 
The government can provide the same service without having to turn a profit, which reduces costs.

There isn't any good reason to think this is so.

Generally profit incentive encourages cost savings.

More specifically even if the profit was all "waste" its too small to be a significant factor in overall health care costs.

As for Medicare's low administrative costs -
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