The Cost to Administer Medicare Versus the Cost to Administer Private Health Plans--The Difference Isn't Anything Close to 25%

Those that favor a single-payer government-run health care system have been reenergized by the Michael Moore movie, "Sicko."One of their contentions I keep hearing is that we could save 25% by getting rid of private health insurance plans and creating one big government-run plan. They point to Medicare's expense factor of 2.9% as evidence.The private health insurance plans have much higher