USA: Decision Makers Differ on How To Mend Broken Health System

. WASHINGTON, DC / The Washington Post / June 9, 2009 Health-Care Reform 2009 Tracking the National Health-Care Debate Decision Makers Differ on How To Mend Broken Health System By Ceci Connolly, Washington Post Staff Writer Nowhere else in the world is so much money spent with such poor results. On that point there is rare unanimity among Washington decision makers: The U.S. health system needs a major overhaul. For more than a decade, researchers have documented the inequities, shortcomings, waste and even dangers in the hodgepodge of uncoordinated medical services that consume nearly one-fifth of the nation's economy. Exorbitant medical bills thrust too many families into bankruptcy, hinder the global competitiveness of U.S. companies and threaten the government's long-term solvency. But the consensus breaks down on the question of how best to create a coordinated, high-performing, evidence-based system that provides the right care at the right time to the right people. Click here to continue reading © 2009 The Washington Post Company ------------------------------------------------------------------- Related comment © PNHP 2009