Comments on: MEDICARE-FOR-ALL: STILL A BAD IDEA http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/08/31/medicare-for-all-still-a-bad-idea/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:20:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Catron http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/08/31/medicare-for-all-still-a-bad-idea/#comment-303494 Catron Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:57:50 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/08/31/medicare-for-all-still-a-bad-idea/#comment-303494 "Even if we doubled spending on administrative costs to ensure greater efficiency, no private plan would come close in choice, quality or cost." Pure hogwash, Marc. As I have pointed out <a href="http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/08/08/medicare-and-the-myth-of-lower-admin-costs/" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/06/24/medicares-allegedly-low-admin-costs/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. the notion that Medicare has lower admin costs is a myth. “Even if we doubled spending on administrative costs to ensure greater efficiency, no private plan would come close in choice, quality or cost.”

Pure hogwash, Marc. As I have pointed out here and here. the notion that Medicare has lower admin costs is a myth.

]]> By: Marc Brown http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/08/31/medicare-for-all-still-a-bad-idea/#comment-303366 Marc Brown Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:31:23 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/08/31/medicare-for-all-still-a-bad-idea/#comment-303366 And which administration has been undermining Medicare for the last eight years? As Rep. Pete Stark says, after being misquoted in the WSJ: 'The Bush administration would prefer to eliminate Medicare as an entitlement. It would turn Medicare over to for-profit health insurance plans, which, to say the least, have done a lackluster job at insuring anyone under age 65. 'Every bureaucracy has its faults, but Medicare provides an incredible benefit to Americans: ensuring that everyone over 65 has access to quality health care. Even if we doubled spending on administrative costs to ensure greater efficiency, no private plan would come close in choice, quality or cost.' And which administration has been undermining Medicare for the last eight years? As Rep. Pete Stark says, after being misquoted in the WSJ:

‘The Bush administration would prefer to eliminate Medicare as an entitlement. It would turn Medicare over to for-profit health insurance plans, which, to say the least, have done a lackluster job at insuring anyone under age 65.

‘Every bureaucracy has its faults, but Medicare provides an incredible benefit to Americans: ensuring that everyone over 65 has access to quality health care. Even if we doubled spending on administrative costs to ensure greater efficiency, no private plan would come close in choice, quality or cost.’

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