On the recordJuly 30, 2018
Administrative costs for Medicare are $8.1 billion. That is somewhere between 1 and 2 percent of overall expenditures.
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congress.govElizabeth Warren: “Administrative costs for Medicare are $8.1 billion. That is somewhere between 1 and 2 percent of overall expenditures.”
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Warren compares Medicare's low administrative costs to those of private insurance.
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