Excess Administrative Costs Burden the U.S. Health Care System

American Progress.org By Emily Gee and Topher Spiro Posted on April 8, 2019, 1:00 pm

Anyone interacting with the U.S. health care system is bound to encounter examples of unnecessary administrative complexity—from filling out duplicative intake forms to transferring medical records between providers to sorting out insurance bills. This administrative complexity, with its associated high costs, is often cited as one reason the United States spends double the amount per capita on health care compared with other high-income countries even though utilization rates are similar.¹

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