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The United States spends up to four times as much on health care as most other high-income nations yet continues to experience far worse health outcomes and lower life expectancy. This distressing news comes via a new Commonwealth Fund study.
"Americans are living shorter, less healthy lives because our health system is not working as well as it could be," Munira Gunja, a senior researcher for The Commonwealth Fund's International Program in Health Policy and Practice Innovations and lead author of the new report, says in a statement. "To catch up with other high-income countries, the administration and Congress would have to expand access to health care, act aggressively to control costs, and invest in health equity and social services we know can lead to a healthier population."
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