Healthcare in US costs 2x as much as other rich nations
(WorldNews Health)

The United States spends almost twice as much on healthcare as other rich nations, largely because everything from drugs to devices to doctors' pay simply costs more, researchers said Tuesday. The study by researchers at Harvard University and the London School of Economics disputes the long-held belief that US costs are high because patients see doctors too often or otherwise abuse the healthcare system. "The reasons for these substantially higher costs have been misunderstood," said senior author Ashish Jha, professor of global health at the...