Quote:
Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
The cost savings in hospitals I doubt has to do with pure admin. It has to do with waste, overbilling, etc. If you're talking pure admin, which we are for SS, figure out whether Ross Perot or the US gov't is likely to do it better and cheaper.
|
Would Enron or WorldCom do it cheaper, and provide better customer service?
Maybe we could hire Charles Keating for the job -- everyone knows how he LOVED handling old folks' money.
I know -- government bad, private sector good. But you are talking about privatizing an administrative function where competition will be absent and opportunities for fraud, cheating, and excessive cost-cutting (excessive because it damages a service essential to many people) will be rampant.
