On the recordJuly 30, 2018
Administrative costs for Medicare are $8.1 billion. That is somewhere between 1 and 2 percent of overall expenditures.
Source
congress.govEditor's note · Context
Warren compares Medicare's low administrative costs to those of private insurance.
Share & report
More from Elizabeth Warren
Sep 26, 2025
Influencers can put it most directly about who’s going to be affected and how they’re going to be affected
Oct 15, 2025
the devastating increase in past due payments threatens not only individual borrowers but the broader economy.
Sep 5, 2025
Will you tell America that all adults and all children over 6 months of age are eligible to get a COVID booster at their local pharmacy today?
Sep 11, 2025
Oh, please. Why don’t you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he’s posted and every ugly word.
Other voices in this conversation
