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The real reason the U.S. spends twice as much on health care as other wealthy countries

By The Washington Post  
   March 14, 2018

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, a difference driven by high prices — including doctors' and nurses' salaries, hospital charges, pharmaceuticals and administrative overhead.

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