A sweeping new study of health care expenditures found that the United States spends almost twice as much on health care as 10 other wealthy countries.That difference is driven by high prices — including doctors’ and nurses’ salaries, hospital charges, pharmaceuticals and administrative overhead.For years, it has been clear that Americans are not getting a good bang for their buck on health care.
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