The Three Trillion Dollar Trough
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- Identifier
- JML.MS1133-0465
- Barcode
- JML.MS1133-0465
- Title
- The Three Trillion Dollar Trough
- Description
- Text of a lecture delivered to the Sphex Club in Lynchburg. Marc Schewel's presentation examined the inefficiencies and high costs of the U.S. healthcare system, which spent approximately $3.65 trillion in 2018. He highlighted the discrepancies between this high expenditure and the poorer health outcomes in the U.S. compared to other high-income countries, scrutinizing various sectors of the healthcare industry, including hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and insurance providers, for their role in inflating costs.
- Date
- 18 November 2021
- Creator
- Schewel, Marc A.
- topic
- SPHEX Club - lectures
- Schewel, Marc A.
- Healthcare -- economics
- Affordable Care Act
- Medical insurance
- Location
- Lynchburg, Virginia
- Digital Format
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- George M. Jones Library Association
- Repository
- George M. Jones Library Association
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- George M. Jones Library Association
- Rights Holder
- Schewel, Marc A.
- George M. Jones Library Association
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