By percentage of its economy, the U. S. spends twice as much on health care as other advanced industrialized countries, although just a few decades ago our spending was about the same. So what happened? Are we just using more healthcare or are our facilities nicer? Although, there may be some truth in those ideas, by and large, the reason we spend more is because Americans have to pay more for health care. The prices have just gone up A recent study in JAMA by scholars from the Institute for … [Read more...]