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25% of U.S. Health Care Spending Is Waste. Here’s Where to Find It.

Approximately 25 percent of spending in the U.S. health care system can be characterized as waste. That’s between $760 billion and $935 billion annually. A study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by researchers from …

Fundamental Changes Spur Health Spending Dip: Study

Slower growth in the pace of U.S. healthcare spending reflects a fundamental change in the use of medical services that could save the country nearly $800 billion in the next decade, according to two new studies released on Monday. The …