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		hackuser on Oct 25, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole... Isn't all this coding a U.S. phenomenon? I've read that single-payer systems like Canada's require orders of magnitude less labor and paperwork.

danohu on Oct 25, 2016 [–]

In the UK there is still a lot of this, even though healthcare is centrally funded and (somewhat) centrally administered.

I worked briefly with a company doing medical transcription. It opened my eyes to how much billing-related paperwork goes on in hospital back offices.

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