The Business of Health Care
The Business of Health Care: Where is the money for the most expensive health care system in the world going? In the United States, the cut of gross national health care expenditures commanded by administrative overhead and waste has ballooned to an estimated 30 percent; the portion that pays doctors and nurses has fallen. Wealth extraction has become the new normal. TAP's August 2023 print issue covers the inner workings of the monopolies and cartels that are extracting ever-greater sums for ever-lousier outcomes, and the policies and protocols pushing doctors and nurses to the brink.
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