>physicians spend about three hours a week interacting with insurers; clinical and administrative staff devote much more time to it.
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>And then you've got Medicare, co-pay, billbacks, RAC audits and all the rest of it. A lot of people say physicians spend 40-50% of their time on admin. That adds billions of $ to the cost of care.
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>I do not follow the logic of everyone else does it so we should too.
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>Unconstrained healthcare is quite capable of growing to consume the entire GDP.Your care *is* rationed now, one way or another.

As long as the government is involved I agree. Without their market-killing influence, the citizenry and their doctors will be allowed to make decisions which are best for their individual situation. Those results of those decisions would never come close to consuming the % of GDP currently consumed let alone all.