Head of new U.S. corporate health plan cites surgery as biggest cost [Reuters (UK)]
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Head of new U.S. corporate health plan cites surgery as biggest cost | Reuters 3 Min Read San Diego (Reuters) - Dr. Atul Gawande, a surgeon who was named this week to head the company being formed by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase to trim employee healthcare costs, on Thursday cited surgery as the single biggest U.S. healthcare cost and said there are ways to both cut costs and improve patient care. Speaking in San Diego at the annual meeting of America’s Health Insurance Plans, a health insurance trade association, Gawande also said that end-of-life care needs to take into account the wishes of patients, something which he said is now sorely lacking. Gawande, who practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and as an author has made a name for himself as a critic of medical practices, said some of the focus on the high cost of health care in the United States is misplaced. “We are screaming right now about pharmaceutical costs ... a
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