There was an article with a chart showing the largest contributors to waste in American health care. One of the largest bars on this chart was excessive testing. (I can't remember what the other one was; I need to go dig around for the link to the article.) The excessive testing may be linked to the tort law in this country; people tend to like to sue. Tort reform may need to be coupled to health care reform in order to help reduce this one source of waste.
Here's just one link, by Price Waterhouse Coopers, which cited excessive testing as the #1 waste source. Americans' life style choices were #3. http://www.pwc.com/us/en/healthcare/...f-excess.jhtml
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