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As Health Care Debate Rages, Democrats Target Administrative Costs

As Democrats debate whether to support a “Medicare for All” program, proponents say such a system would save billions in administrative costs.

Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Sabrina Corlette (@SabrinaCorlette), research professor at the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute, about the dollar value of those costs.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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