Why it's so tough to reduce unnecessary medical care
Briefly

The U.S. spends huge amounts of money on health care that does little or nothing to help patients, and may even harm them.
Even in places that have reduced or eliminated the financial incentive for additional testing, such as Los Angeles County, low-value care remains a problem.
There's a culture of more is better,' said Mark Fendrick, director of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design.
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