This is unfortunately something that every generation rediscovers, but it's far from a secret. In fact, the seminal analysis on this won the Pulitzer, Paul Sta

This is unfortunately something that every generation rediscovers, but it's far from a secret. In fact, the seminal analysis on this won the Pulitzer, Paul Starr. The Social Transfomation of American Medicine. Basic Books, 1984. (A must read for the health insurance debate) Also, if anyone ever finds it online, please post, Hugh Long at Tulane has a great presentation about how the numbers stack up over time. It's just devastating.