Why It’s So Hard to Cut Waste in Health Care
Professor Finkelstein: If something becomes more expensive, people will buy less of it. When patients have to pay more, they use less medical care. The problem is they use less of all types of care.
Professor Finkelstein: If something becomes more expensive, people will buy less of it. When patients have to pay more, they use less medical care. The problem is they use less of all types of care.
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The name Angela Davis has been synonymous with radical activism since the 60s. In the intervening years, Davis has channeled those efforts for change into an equally impactful academic career. Now 76, she is a professor emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the author of several in...
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