{"id":15109,"date":"2018-03-27T12:29:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T20:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/costly-care-in-america\/"},"modified":"2018-03-27T12:29:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T20:29:18","slug":"costly-care-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/costly-care-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Costly Care In America"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Stacey Vanek Smith<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Healthcare spending represents a huge chunk of the American economy; more than in other places. And it’s not because Americans are hypochondriacs.<\/p>\n

Dr. Ashish Jha, physician and professor of global health at Harvard, discusses why we spend so much money on medical care and some ways we might be able to spend less.<\/p>\n

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Source:: https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/money\/2018\/03\/27\/597393265\/costly-care-in-america?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=business<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Healthcare spending represents a huge chunk of the American economy; more than in other places. And it’s not because Americans are hypochondriacs.<\/p>\n

Dr. Ashish Jha, physician and professor of global health at Harvard, discusses why we spend so much money on medical care and some ways we might be able to spend less.<\/p>\n

Music by <\/em>Drop Electric<\/em><\/a>. Find us: <\/em>Twitter<\/em><\/a>\/ <\/em>Facebook<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Subscribe to our show on<\/em> Apple Podcasts<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>PocketCasts<\/em><\/a> and <\/em>NPR One<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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