https://www.nationalhealthexecutive....administration
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So how does the NHS compare with health systems in other countries? OECD data estimates that the UK spends 1.2% of its current health expenditure on NHS administration versus an OECD average of 3%. The administration cost of voluntary health insurance schemes in the UK adds another 1.2% (bringing the overall total to 2.4%), despite covering only 11% of the population.
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It would appear, by comparison to the private sector in the UK (and their entrepreneurial spirit!) and with other developed nations that the NHS is efficient at keeping administrative costs down.
It’s fundamentally a right wing trope used to justify not increasing NHS spending. Even if NHS administration costs were reduced to zero, nobody who says it would support then raising taxes to employ more nurses.