Here is an older paper about administrative costs (which is where I think they think the savings would come from). http://www.pnhp.org/publications/nejmadmin.pdf
not sure what if anything is helpful here: http://www.pnhp.org/facts/single_payer_resources.php
----- Original Message ---- From: Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 8:43:12 AM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Why Public Option Is Defective; Why Only Single-Payer Will Do
> http://www.progressive.org/mpwool072209.html
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> Single-payer national health care could realize about $400 billion in
> savings annually -- enough to cover the uninsured and to upgrade
> coverage for all Americans.
Woolhandler and Himmelstein having been quoting figures like this since they founded PNHP. Does anyone know the location of a paper where these savings are itemized in detail?
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