Review of 2008: US industry sweats as Congress turns the heat up
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The start of the year was marked with a milestone, although it was seen as more of a millstone: a report was published stating that US spending on healthcare had, for the first time, topped $2 trillion two years earlier.
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