Here's one reason why US healthcare costs so much

(University of Chicago Booth School of Business) New research from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business finds that Medicare could save about $4.6 billion a year--with no harm to patients--by simply eliminating the concept of long-term care hospitals and reimbursing the institutions as skilled nursing facilities instead.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news