Medical Economics April 3, 2024
If we are to solve the dire dilemma in American health care, our approach will have to be radically different from those we’ve taken to date.
There is no doubt that American health care is in crisis. Tens of millions of Americans are in medical debt. Hundreds of thousands are injured or die each year from avoidable health care errors and hospital-acquired conditions. Insurers categorically deny patients the appropriate treatment and medications in a misguided approach called “prior authorizations.” Employers have been asleep at the wheel for decades, allowing the system to unnecessarily jack up the costs of health care.
The U.S. is the only developed nation in which life span is decreasing, and we have, by far, the worst...
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