Pricey Technology Is Key Driver Of Health Costs – Congressional Budget Offc.
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Unsustainable growth in federal health care spending needs to be quelled by curbing inappropriate use of medical technologies, according to the Congressional Budget Office
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