Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer

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(Cancer Decisions News Staff)

 

Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D. Weekly CancerDecisions.com

Newsletter #322 01/06/08

 

THE MOSS REPORTS - CANCER DECISIONS NEWSLETTER

A NEW BOOK TAKES AIM AT THE COST OF U.S. HEALTH CARE

 

Americans spent more than $2 trillion on health care in 2006. Are we

getting value for money? Is this enormous expenditure resulting in

longer and healthier lives? By any objective standard, the answer is a

resounding no. Two decades ago, we ranked 11th in the world for life

expectancy; we now rank 42nd.

Why does American health care cost so much, yet yield so little

improvement in our health and longevity?

 

This week and next, I am running a two-part review of an important new

book, " Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and

Poorer " , by Shannon Brownlee.

 

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