claim: "private insurance companies in this country spend between 12 and 18 percent on administration costs. the cost of administering the medicare program, a very popular program that works well for our seniors, is 2 percent. we can save approximately $500 billion a year just in administration costs."
author: bernie sanders
evidence_1: sep 20, 2017 ... "private insurance companies in this country spend between 12 and 18 percent  on administration costs," sanders ... "the cost of administering the medicare  program, a very popular program that works well for our seniors, is 2 percent. we  can save approximately $500 billion a year just in administration costs.
evidence_2: sep 20, 2017 ... private insurance companies in this country spend between 12 and 18 percent  on administration costs… the cost of administering the medicare program, a very  popular program that works well for our seniors, is 2 percent. … we can save  approximately $500 billion a year just in administration costs.
evidence_3: sep 19, 2017 ... the cost of administering the medicare program, a very popular program that  works well for our seniors, is 2 percent.” he then claimed: “we can save  approximately $500 billion a year just in administration costs.” we had .... “private  insurance companies in this country spend between 12 and 18 percent on ...
evidence_4: sep 17, 2017 ... bernie sanders: health care in america must be a right, not a privilege.  chuck todd: ..... the cost of administering the medicare program, the very  popular program that works well for our seniors, is 2 percent. we can save  approximately $500 billion a year just in administration costs. second of all ...
evidence_5: sep 19, 2017 ... bernie sanders (i-vt) is pushing his single-payer health care initiative.  alternatively called .... the cost of administering the medicare program, the very  popular program that works well for our seniors, is 2 percent. we can save  approximately $500 billion a year just in administration costs. second of all ...