BY FROMA HARROP McAllen, TX, spends more per person on health care than any other metropolitan area in America, except for Miami. Why would this poor border town spend $15,000 a year per Medicare enrollee? Rochester, MN, home to the famed Mayo Clinic, only spends about half as much. Find the answer, and we have the formula for national health-care reform – that is, controlling costs without cutting quality. Atul Gawande, a Boston surgeon writing […]
A Texas-Size Medical Lesson
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