Health Policy

Medical device monopolies drive up health care costs

U.S. health care performs very poorly compared with health care in other developed countries. Held up against 10 nations that we usually compare ourselves with, we are dead last on overall performance. Source: "Mirror, Mirror 2024: A Portrait of the…

U.S. health care performs very poorly compared with health care in other developed countries. Held up against 10 nations that we usually compare ourselves with, we are dead last on overall performance.

Source: “Mirror, Mirror 2024: A Portrait of the Failing U.S. Health System. Comparing Performance in 10 Nations,” The Commonwealth Fund.

And it is not because we don’t spend enough money on health …

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Medical device monopolies drive up health care costs