Need To Know | Money & Medicine | PBS
Duration: 56:46 (Full Program)
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Need to Know
Broadcast Date: Sep. 25, 2012
As Congress continues its battle over the budget deficit, policy-makers are turning their attention to one of the largest driving forces behind the nation’s debt – government health care spending. The focus of the health care reform debate has shifted in recent years from access to cost, and recent studies suggest that a third of all health care expenditures are unnecessary.
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