Health Reform Trends, Research and Analysis

Many seniors have become fearful that cutting excess costs means cutting benefits.  Medicare’s own data highlights differences between about 20% of states with the lowest costs and 20% of states with the highest costs.  Cost of living explains some of the differences.  But 71% higher physician and clinical service costs for essentially the same results suggests there are billions of dollars being spent with little or no added benefit.

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