Even the obviously biased Council on Affordable Health Insurance tackled the claim that
“overhead for Medicare,” says Dr. Stephen Rous of Brown University, a single-payer advocate, “is 1 percent to 2 percent. The overhead for various private insurance plans (HMOs, etc.) is 15 percent to 25 percent.”
… and still came up with a much lower amount for Medicare, 5.2 percent, than the stated 15-25% for private insurers………
For an interesting discussion on the Denver Rocky Mountain News editorial, visit The Health Care Blog:
http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2007/02/policy_not_so_f.html