Health care paperwork cost US $812 billion in 2017, 4 times more per capita than Canada. Study links rise in bureaucracy, now 34.2% of health spending, to surging overhead of private insurers. Cutting US administrative costs to Canadian levels would have saved more than $600 billion in 2017.

Health care paperwork cost US $812 billion in 2017, 4 times more per capita than Canada. Study links rise in bureaucracy, now 34.2% of health spending, to surging overhead of private insurers. Cutting US administrative costs to Canadian levels would have saved more than $600 billion in 2017.

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