In Medicare's upside-down reimbursement system, hospitals and doctors who order unnecessary tests... often receive higher payments than those who provide efficient, high-quality medicine.
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Medicare... now about 15 percent of federal spending and projected to grow to nearly a quarter of the budget in a decade.
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Researchers at Dartmouth Medical School, who have been studying Medicare's performance for three decades, estimate that as much as $1 of every $3 is wasted on unnecessary or inappropriate care. Other analysts put the figure as high as 40 percent.
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Medicare... now about 15 percent of federal spending and projected to grow to nearly a quarter of the budget in a decade.
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Researchers at Dartmouth Medical School, who have been studying Medicare's performance for three decades, estimate that as much as $1 of every $3 is wasted on unnecessary or inappropriate care. Other analysts put the figure as high as 40 percent.
Interview with Ask Jeeves (from 2000), very funny.
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