The Other Side Of The Coin

In today’s health care arena in the United States, two seemingly inexorable, and conflicting, forces seem to be on a collision course. Politically, the cry is for universal insurance coverage, or more accurately access, for health care. Economically, the common perception is that health care in the United States costs too much and doesn’t necessarily deliver as much bang for the buck as it should considering the price. Reconciling these forces seems at best difficult and at worst impossible, but there is a way.

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