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Will Consumers Cross the Cost-and-Trust Chasm Between Prescription Drugs and Hospitals?

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A recent study on politics and health care spending in the U.S. published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found a close link between electoral politics and Medicare: that is, between legislative processes in the U.S. In the words of NPR, “Hospitals are the largest individual contributor to health care costs in the U.S…

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Job #1 for Next President: Reduce Health Care Costs – Commonwealth Fund & NBC News Poll

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[As an important sidebar for context, Fidelity Investments estimates that a couple retiring in 2019 would need $285,000 for health care costs in retirement, not including long-term care expenses, to cover expenses that Medicare would not reimburse].