Single-payer system could save US $600 billion in administrative costs - Business Insider

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The US' sky-high healthcare costs are driven by the oversized admin spending burden, and a single-payer system could be a solution:

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To get this story plus others to your inbox each day, hours before they're published on Business Insider, click here. The US' sky-high healthcare costs are driven in no small part by the oversized admin spending burden private insurance places on hospitals and other providers — and these costs could have negative implications on patient health. a 2018 JAMA report — and the cost burdens associated with private insurance are being passed along to US consumers, making treatment an unmanageable expense.

 

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I doubt that. In areas where the government is involved, in healthcare and education for example, prices have gone through the roof. Where there is minimal to no government involvement, in tech for example, value has increased dramatically and prices have stayed low.

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