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Wasted: $1 of Every $4 Spent on Health Care In America

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This category comprised roughly one-third of the total waste in U.S. The second largest waste component was pricing failure, associated with medication pricing failure (the largest piece of three components), payer-based health services pricing failure, and lab and ambulatory pricing. medical spending.

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Americans Across Political Party Worry About Prescription Drug Prices – Especially to Deal with COVID-19

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By demographics, more women than men are concerned about rising costs for the three health care spending categories the survey studied: drug prices, insurance premiums, and healthcare costs (medical care services spending). Across-the-board, nonwhites are more concerned than whites on the three spending categories, as well.