The United States spends about twice as much on medical care than similar industrialized countries like Germany, Japan and Switzerland - and yet we do worse on many measures of health. What's going on? Why is our health care so much more expensive, and not as effective? Anthony Everett runs the numbers, gets Doctor Timothy Johnson's prescription, and learns about some proposals to fix the problem: group doctor appointments, anyone?

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Show Resources:

The Access Project
The Access Project

Who Killed Health Care? America's $2 Trillion Medical Problem--and the Consumer-Driven Cure
Regina Herzlinger
Amazon "Who Killed Health Care?"

Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Harvard Vanguard Medical

Revere Family Health Center (Camb. Health Alliance)(medical home)
Revere Family Health Center