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Medical-malpractice lawsuits drive up the cost of health care. The first episode began by defining the problem: The average cost of a health-insurance policy for a family of four doubled between 2000 and 2007, host Ira Glass said, and it is projected to double again in the next seven years. Health-care costs are spiraling out of control, eating into the wages of those who have insurance and making it harder for the uninsured to buy it. Why? The answer is ... Full Story »

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Derek Hawkins
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by Derek Hawkins - Nov. 29, 2009

A bit self-serving, but there are good insights here about NPR's two-part series on health care costs. It says what anyone, liberal or conservative, *should* already know: partisanship oversimplifies the issues at stake in health care reform.

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