ITHACA, N.Y., Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. health insurance bureaucracy costs doctors some $27 billion extra per year compared with Canada's single-payer system, researchers found.
The study, published in the journal Health Affairs, found per-physician costs in the United States averaged $82,975 annually, while physicians in Ontario averaged $22,205 -- primarily because Canada's single-payer healthcare system is simpler.