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3/28 Steven Brill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing US & Dr. James Kimmey

March 28, 2013

Journalist Steven Brill explained what is behind exploding health care costs, why hospitals and Doceters routinly overcharge for treatments and what we can do to bring down costs.

Professor James Kimmey, Professor Emeritus of the St Louis School of Public Health, explained why health care is not a normal commodity, and why a single payer health care model is the best way to control costs.

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