Expensive & Deadly: Medical Errors 3rd Leading Cause of Death in US

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• Published on May 6, 2016
  Insurance companies across the country are struggling to offset the rising costs of healthcare, with some reporting significant losses since the Affordable Care Act came into law. Now they’re seeking to offset that dip in profits by raising premiums, even though Obamacare was supposed to lower costs for patients and insurers ‒ something that has yet to happen in the nation that leads the world in healthcare spending. Meanwhile, new research shows that errors in healthcare are the third leading cause of death in the United States. RT America’s Manuel Rapalo reports.

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