It’s all of those things, and more. Our [health care] system costs more because just about every part of it just costs more. And curbing that spending won’t be easy. Much of what we choose to spend money on is stuff that we as Americans seem to value. Much of that value, unfortunately, isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. As I said at the beginning, spending so much extra money would be explainable if the outcomes we were achieving were spectacular. But a surprising amount of the time they are middling at best and shockingly bad at worst. I’ve asked you to take that on faith for too long. So I am going to start preparing my next series for the blog, dedicated to discussing the various metrics and outcomes for the US health care system.
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