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It's pretty well know and often discussed that up to 1/3 of Medicare spending is wasted. Being fee for service doesn't help but neither does spending 13-25% of
by ch4s3 4y ago
It's pretty well know and often discussed that up to 1/3 of Medicare spending is wasted. Being fee for service doesn't help but neither does spending 13-25% of all medicare dollars on end of life care[1].
What's worse is how much of Medicare's wasted spending goes to harmful treatments.
[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6610551/#:~:text=A%20major%20source%20of%20expense,depending%20on%20methods%20and%20assumptions https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6610551/#:~:tex....