Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Looking at Health Care Costs a Different Way

This post from Tapped, the very sharp group blog from The American Prospect magazine, summarizes a new study by McKinsey Group titled Accounting for the Cost of Health Care in the United States. It's ugly. The key conclusion: "We pay way too much, and get nothing for it. We pay because most actors in the system seek profits rather than wellness." I haven't read it all yet but the summary is digestible.

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