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A comparison study by Harvard University and the Canadian Institute for Health Information says that healthcare administrative costs in the U.S. are nearly double the Canadian rate.

Reuters/Philadelphia Inquirer, Aug. 21, 2003
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/business/6579950.htm

[roxannekkb]

Well, nothing new about that. We have the highest health costs in the world, but are not the healthiest people, and a large chunk of our population remains without access to healthcare--either because they can't afford it, or can't get to it.

So what do we do about it?