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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Healthcare: Think Government Is Bureaucratic and Rationing-Happy? Try Dealing with Insurers.

Here's what we know about government: It's inefficient, and working with it requires endless paperwork and arguments about bureaucrats. And here's what we know about government-run health care: It rations, and is constantly rejecting claims. At least, that's what we think we know.

The Commonwealth Foundation decided to test this knowledge, surveying residents of 11 high-income countries about their insurance-related experiences. Some of the questions asked whether respondents had "spent a lot of time on paperwork or disputes" or found their insurer denied payment or both. In all three categories, America leads the world:

From Think Government Is Bureaucratic and Rationing-Happy? Try Dealing with Insurers. by Ezra Klein, November 18, 2010 at The Washington Post.

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