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Article: The prognosis for U.S. health care: the health care system in the United States can provide technologically advanced treatments, but it still struggles to cover the basics. An expert outlines how to ensure more citizens access to high-quality health care.(Center for Studying Health System Change president Paul Ginsburg)(Interview)
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- October 1, 2006
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Health care in the United States is a major industry that touches everyone. But it is also a troubled one, with costs accounting for 16 percent of the nation's gross domestic product, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Costs of health care doubled between 1993 and 2004, recently increasing faster than either inflation or incomes. At the same time, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, measurements of the quality of care show little improvement from year to year. In addition, other studies detail sometimes alarming disparities in care, a growing population of uninsured citizens, and a shrinking percentage of ...