ASU News November 17, 2020
ASU College of Health Solutions researchers publish papers exploring health care spending waste
One of the most important issues for voters in any election is health care, and this year, with the fate of the Affordable Care Act in the hands of the Supreme Court, it was no doubt top of mind for many Americans.
What might be surprising to some is that the U.S. has some of the highest rates of health care spending waste in the world.
ASU College of Health Solutions researchers Mac McCullough and Matthew Speer contributed two papers to a special edition of the American Journal of Public Health that explore the issue in further detail, measuring the U.S. against 37 other developed countries.
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