June 2021

Overtreatment in the United States

Background Overtreatment is a cause of preventable harm and waste in health care. Little is known about clinician perspectives on the problem. In this study, physicians were surveyed on the prevalence, causes, and implications of overtreatment. Findings The response rate was 70.1%. Physicians reported that an interpolated median of 20.6% of overall medical care was

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Poll: 67 percent support providing Medicare for every American

A majority of voters support providing Medicare to every American, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds. Sixty-seven percent of registered voters in the July 26-27 survey said they would support providing Medicare to every American, while 33 percent oppose it. Support for providing Medicare to every American has dropped slightly since the question was first asked

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