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Americans pay top prices for health care and the bill keeps rising

on Tue, 2019-01-08 12:29   Alyssa

Americans are spending more than twice as much for health care than people in other developed countries and more than double what they used to spend, a new batch of figures from the Johns Hopkins University [1] shows.

Story Date: 
January 7, 2019
News Author: 
Meredith Cohn
Source Link: 
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Source URL: https://www.pcpcc.org/2019/01/08/americans-pay-top-prices-health-care-and-bill-keeps-rising?language=en

Links:
[1] https://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/education/colleges-universities/johns-hopkins-university-OREDU0000116-topic.html
[2] https://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-bz-health-spending-20190104-story.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=68819658&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--LCG21MEFoCN3t9Ja6iZvLZx_7TwVAYwJ55-g3q-nbYI4rCO49DPbu-wgQCyX7Exi_GT679DWnpzfBSQSeCX39PX-ueQ&_hsmi=68819658