How Much Will Health Care Reform Cost?
- 17 June 1993
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 328 (24) , 1778-1779
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199306173282409
Abstract
Much of the current apprehension about health care reform stems from the assumption that a universal and comprehensive health care system would necessarily cost more than we are now spending. The assumption is reasonable; after all, we would be expanding coverage, and you can't get something for nothing. But this view presumes that we are now getting our money's worth. I will here argue that this is far from the case -- that, on the contrary, we are now spending so much on health care that we could cover all medically indicated care for all Americans without any additional spending. . . .Keywords
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