Believe it or not, Americans use less health care than people in many other developed countries. But we pay a lot more when we go the doctor or hospital. Reducing volume doesn’t help a nation’s health budget much if unit costs are going through the roof.
The Washington Post shines a light on high U.S. health care prices, a stubborn problem.
For more, take a look back at the classic “It’s The Prices, Stupid” paper mentioned in the WaPo article. It was published in Health Affairs seven years ago.
