Another large driver of health care costs comes under scrutiny:
“The biggest problem here is futile treatment,” he said. “That’s when it’s clear after some time that a patient, under normal medical circumstances, is never going to get better.
“People say there could be a million in one chance of recovery, but we can’t work that way.”





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