On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, Medicare has substantially less overhead than private insurance > companies. We've had the discussion here before and there is some > debate out how much should be included as "administrative overhead" in > Medicare example but even the most generous to private insurance > analysis has Medicare having substantially less administrative > overhead than their private competitors.
Regardless of the truth in that statement, efficiency is more than "administrative overhead". Waiting weeks to see a doctor isn't very efficient. Quality of care also has nothing to do with efficiency, but is important and would absolutely be impacted. -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288398 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
