>> 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
You have to admit though waiting days or weeks to see a doctor is substantially better than not being able to afford a doctor at all. Moreover being able to see a doctor for a lot of things now means not making very expensive emergency room visits later - because you had to put off seeing the doctor in the first place. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:288637 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
