{"id":9009,"date":"2017-12-21T09:36:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T14:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9009"},"modified":"2017-12-21T09:36:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T14:36:24","slug":"a-prescription-to-reduce-waste-in-health-care-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9009","title":{"rendered":"A Prescription To Reduce Waste In Health Care Spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Marshall Allen for ProPublica and published by NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the Gallup organization set out to identify the top concerns everyday Americans have about money. Researchers asked more than a thousand people across the country, &#8220;What is the most important financial problem facing your family today?&#8221; Their top answer: the cost of health care. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/12\/21\/572329335\/a-prescription-to-reduce-waste-in-health-care-spending?utm_campaign=KHN:%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=59566577&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8agSA-t4DCliwjOwwVgfW0vzdDIoOHkTL1uBOlrHIgdrGVbGfGCiUWksF7qqEgiZFSgQyvXku24_CwZzKZZuNhm0VgNA&amp;_hsmi=59566577\">Continue reading article here&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ProPublica-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6975\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ProPublica-logo-300x58.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ProPublica-logo-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ProPublica-logo.png 656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Marshall Allen for ProPublica and published by NPR) Earlier this year, the Gallup organization set out to identify the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9010,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9009\/revisions\/9010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}