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Estimates of U.S. Health Care Administrative Savings from a Transition to a Canadian-Style Single-Payer System
| Study | Administrative Cost Savingsa |
|---|---|
| Woolhandler, Campbell, and Himmelstein 2003 | $280.4 billion |
| Aaron 2003 | $213.3 billion |
| GAO 1992 | $127.1 billion |
| Sheils, Young, and Rubin 1992 | $89.1 billion |
Adjusted to US$2006 using the Medical Care Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/cpi/).
