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Re:Single-payer healthcare would save $450B and 68k lives a ... by usaar333 on Friday February 21, 2020 @05:54PM (#22387806)
Are admin issues guaranteed to be better under a single payer system? Don't people run into all sorts of problems with Medicare - what it will pay vs. what it won't?

I give you though that at least it is one set of admin rules than N.. which might be better.

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Re:Single-payer healthcare would save $450B and 68k lives a ... by markroseman on Friday February 21, 2020 @06:00PM (#22387871)
Depends how it's organized, but it could be much better. In Canada, physicians don't need to get approval before they do everything, admin overhead for a physician to bill is a matter of a few minutes a week. Not two full-time staff members just for that.
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Re:Single-payer healthcare would save $450B and 68k lives a ... by codegeek on Friday February 21, 2020 @05:56PM (#22387819)
definitely not guaranteed. But I am so sick of status quo that I am willing to try ANYTHINg different. It just happens to be Single payer option at the moment.
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