In a startlingly revealing article, a New England Journal of Medicine writer confronts the myths about the quality of medical care in this country. He states that “cost-effective care is squeezed out, resources are increasingly allocated in response to profit opportunities rather than medical need, many attainable efficiencies are not achieved, unnecessary medical care is provided for profit, administrative expenses are high, and enormous sums are squandered in efforts to game the system.”

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