Paying more for inferior health care

Courtesy Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Wed, 03/11/2009 - 22:33

WASHINGTON -- If the global economy were a 100-yard dash, the U.S. would start 23 yards behind its closest competitors because of health care that costs too much and delivers too little, a business group says in a report to be released Thursday.


 

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