Wasted Money

What to Know: According to a new study, more than one-third of U.S. health care spending goes to bureaucracy.

The TPPF Take: More government bureaucracy inevitably means more costs.

“The cost of health care has risen every time government involvement increases and layers of bureaucracy are added,” says TPPF’s David Balat. “Medicare-for-All would mean much more bureaucracy, more costs, and far less care—and, we know now, fewer jobs. Instead of Medicare-for-All, Congress should let states take up health care reform.”

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