Econintersect: The runaway costs of medical care in the U.S. have been exploding upward for several decades. Examples of how this has propelled the costs of many medical goods and services in the U.S. to disproportionate comparative levels were documented last year by the International Federation of Health Plans 2012 Comparative Price Report. Saturday this data was revisited by Elisabeth Rosenthal in a New York Times article The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill. Below is an image of the lead graphic from the Rosenthal article, which is linked to that article – click on image.
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The following slides from the International Federation of Health Plans 2012 Comparative Price Report itemizes comparative costs for more than 30 medical medical products and services.
Sources:
- The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill (Elizabeth Rosenthal (The New York Times, 01 June 2013)