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How To Curb Cost Of Health Care? Lots Of Ideas, No Quick Fix

The relentless rise of health care costs, which account for nearly one-fifith of the economy, is a bane to the country, but experts disagree about how to stem them to bring the United States in line with other industrialized countries, which spend far less on health care.
October 26, 2020
 
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Lawmakers, industry executives, health care professionals, union officials and advocates suggested a number of ideas at a conference last week.&nbs