Originally Posted By: jack maloney
Here's more fact, from The New England Journal of Medicine:

"In 1999, health administration costs totaled at least $294.3 billion in the United States, or $1,059 per capita, as compared with $307 per capita in Canada. After exclusions, administration accounted for 31.0 percent of health care expenditures in the United States and 16.7 percent of health care expenditures in Canada.
"Conclusions: The gap between U.S. and Canadian spending on health care administration has grown to $752 per capita. A large sum might be saved in the United States if administrative costs could be trimmed by implementing a Canadian-style health care system."
Still waiting for some facts from the nay-sayers.


Heck Jack, I don't care if they give all that extra money to the doctors, nurses, therapists and other folks in the trenches. They don't have to "save" it, they have to redirect it and get everyone health care in the bargain.
But, you know the problem.
As I understand it, both Hillary and Obama have "plans" for universal health care that essentially extends the present system by requirement to "all." There is to be some penalty for not having coverage. Heck, I bet one of the "penalties" is that you can't get into many places for help.
What changes?
As you point out, the money is already there. It just needs to be redistributed and spread out. And the doctors and other professionals should be BETTER off.

Jake

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