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Re:Law school applications are collapsing by Retric on Thursday December 13, 2012 @05:43PM (#4918566)
That's not as relevant as you might assume. A lot of heath care in the US is often barely better than snake oil due to a willingness to spend inordinate amounts of money for minimal gain or even negative gain simply to do something. Doctors who actually understand what's involved will often go for less invasive treatments which are also far less expensive. They also know the risks of combining medications and tend to take fewer medications.
Re:Law school applications are collapsing by w1ntermute on Thursday December 13, 2012 @05:51PM (#4918591)
> a willingness to spend inordinate amounts of money for minimal gain or even negative gain simply to do something

This sounds like a cultural factor as well.

Re:Law school applications are collapsing by Retric on Thursday December 13, 2012 @06:13PM (#4918670)
It's somewhat cultural, but vary common. The problem is it breaks some of the basic assumptions of heath insurance. Japan can drive down costs and add some basic rationing and get a high quality healthcare system, but because the US has so many separate entities involved none of which want to say no to the patent you get a highly expensive and dysfunctional system that also denies basic healthcare.