Single-payer systems can achieve genuine economies because hospitals are budgeted with flat sums rather than billing for each individual service, whereas Medicare still pays individual bills for defined services for about 85% of enrollees.

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Henry Aaron

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they're not in the business of having to bill anybody for each individual service and that achieves can achieve very significant savings

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Henry Aaron on Health Care Costs 11/15/2007EconTalk
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