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2014 Milliman Medical Index-Medical Expenditures More than Double in US

Christopher S. Girod, Lorraine W. Mayne, Scott A. Weltz, Susan K. Hart | Milliman Insight | May 20, 2014

$23,215. That’s how much is spent in 2014 on healthcare for a typical American family of four covered by an average employer-sponsored health plan according to the 2014 Milliman Medical Index (MMI)...

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How U.S. Health Care Became Big Business

Terry Gross | NPR | April 10, 2017

Health care is a trillion-dollar industry in America, but are we getting what we pay for? Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, a medical journalist who formerly worked as a medical doctor, warns that the existing system too often focuses on financial incentives over health or science. "We've trusted a lot of our health care to for-profit businesses and it's their job, frankly, to make profit," Rosenthal says. "You can't expect them to act like Mother Teresas"...

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