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Hillary Scholten: “The US spent nearly twice as much on health care, around…”

Featuring: Hillary Scholten, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, District 3

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April FL-25 Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 28:40

And I think it's really interesting to see, see all of the different innovations that are coming out to try and lower costs. Let's think about the US in comparison to other high income countries where The US spent nearly twice as much on health care, around $12,000 versus $6,000 to other high income countries. That's not because we're getting such better care. Right. It's because our processes are so inefficient. Right. It's harder to get generic drugs and generic drug devices to market. (28:40–28:51)

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Asserts that the US spends nearly twice as much on health care compared to other high-income countries.

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