JungleSouljah Member since Sep 24th 2002 14987 posts
Fri Jun-22-07 08:48 AM
63. "A healthier population would ease the burden" In response to In response to 53
But the last numbers I saw, said that one quarter of all health care spending is on "administrative costs" aka pushing paperwork around. I've heard several folks on the Physicians for Universal Healthcare exec board (or whatever the organization is called) claim that if you take that 25% it could easily fund a single-payer system. Again I don't know if that's true, I'm a science person, not a business person, but it's an interesting proposal.
The big change that needs to be made is moving to a larger focus on preventative health care and roping in Big Pharma. Getting medication costs under control would go a long way in easing total costs in this country.