High health care costs: It’s all in the pricing - The Washington Post

High health care costs: It’s all in the pricing - The Washington Post: Ezra Klein

...the International Federation of Health Plans — a global insurance trade association that includes more than 100 insurers in 25 countries — released more direct evidence. It surveyed its members on the prices paid for 23 medical services and products in different countries, asking after everything from a routine doctor’s visit to a dose of Lipitor to coronary bypass surgery. And in 22 of 23 cases, Americans are paying higher prices than residents of other developed countries. Usually, we’re paying quite a bit more. The exception is cataract surgery, which appears to be costlier in Switzerland, though cheaper everywhere else.

The PDF of the PowerPoint (of the trailer of the film...) from IFHP is here.

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