That's not true at all. Administrative costs in Medicare, for instance, are significantly lower than in the private sector. Medicare reports their administrative overhead as 2%. Some people argue there are hidden factors not included in that and come up with a figure closer to 6%. Private insurance generally runs closer to 15 to 20%.
As for technology advances, it depends on what sort of technology you are talking about. Medical technology, like MRI's and such, there is certainly nothing that the government or private insurance can really do. But there are areas where government involvement in technology could reduce costs, like standards for data interoperability, centralized preauthorizations and claims submissions, etc. And I don't honestly know what you meant by preventative care through measures & action, so I can't address the issue. I'm not saying that the government is the answer to all the problems. It may not be the answer to even a majority of the problems. There is still a lot to figure out. Hell, I write medical software for a living. I like private industry involvement in healthcare. But I think that healthcare is an area where government involvement could substantially improve the existing system if done properly. Judah On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Judah wrote: >> I am in favor of socializing medicine, in general, but the devil is in >> the details of course. >> > > The problem is there's nothing in health care the the government can > do better, or even equal, to the maketplace. > > You've got a few forces driving cost: > > * Admin > * technology advances > * preventative care through measures & action > > Gov't can't fix any of that. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:273465 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
