Originally Posted by dippin

We've talked about this before: every single payer system in the world has lower overhead costs than the US's current system. And all it takes is a stroll through the HR department of any company to see how many people are there simply to deal with the health insurance part of it, or through the billing department of any hospital, and it's clear why.

And as I said, it is a lot less about the health insurance companies being "evil" and a lot more about a competition model that is driven by cost segmentation and a market that is employer based.