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U.S. prescription drug prices are two to three times those in other OECD countries. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Issue Brief 🏷️ Health , Economics

Simplified: US prescription drug prices are two to three times those in other OECD countries

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Nevertheless, we estimate that higher wages for these two key health care occupations may explain a combined 15 percent of excess U.S. health spending relative to other countries. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 Issue Brief 🏷️ Health , Economics

Simplified: Higher wages for physicians nurses may explain 15 percent of excess US health spending relative to other countries

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Higher administrative burden on providers — for example, general administration, human resources, and quality reporting and accreditation — represents an additional 15 percent of the excess. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Issue Brief 🏷️ Health , Economics

Simplified: Higher administrative burden on providers represents an additional 15 percent of the excess

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OECD and international survey data show that physicians and registered nurses (RNs) in the U.S. are paid more than the average of comparator countries, with physicians earning about twice as much and... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Issue Brief 🏷️ Health , Economics

Simplified: Physicians registered nurses in the US are paid more than comparator countries physicians earn about twice as much RNs 1.5 times as much

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We estimate that higher administrative costs associated with health insurance — for example, those related to eligibility, coding, submission, and rework — represent approximately 15 percent of excess... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Issue Brief 🏷️ Health , Economics

Simplified: Higher administrative costs associated with health insurance represent approximately 15 percent of excess US health spending

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Reductions in administrative burdens and drug costs could substantially reduce the difference between U.S. and peer nation health spending. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 Issue Brief 🏷️ Health , Economics

Simplified: Reducing administrative burdens drug costs could reduce difference between US peer nation health spending

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More than half of excess U.S. health spending was associated with factors likely reflected in higher prices, including more spending on: administrative costs of insurance (~15% of the excess), adminis... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Issue Brief 🏷️ Health , Economics

Simplified: More than half of excess US health spending is associated with higher prices including administrative costs prescription drugs wages medical equipment

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The United States spends twice as much per person on health as peer nations. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Issue Brief 🏷️ Health , Economics

Simplified: The United States spends twice as much per person on health as peer nations

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The majority of “excess” U.S. health spending is associated with components likely reflected in higher U.S. prices, while utilization may explain a large portion of the remainder 0.850

👤 The author 📋 Issue Brief 🏷️ Health , Economics

Simplified: Majority of excess US health spending is associated with higher prices utilization explains remainder

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Administrative costs, prescription drugs, and physician and nurse wages may be contributing factors to excess health spending in the United States, compared with peer nations 0.750

👤 The author 📋 Issue Brief 🏷️ Health , Economics

Simplified: Administrative costs prescription drugs physician nurse wages may contribute to excess US health spending compared to peer nations

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The U.S. spends more than twice as much per capita annually on retail prescription drugs as the average of 12 comparator OECD countries. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Issue Brief 🏷️ Health , Economics

Simplified: The U.S. spends more than twice as much per capita on retail prescription drugs compared to 12 OECD countries.

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Free Lunch is his book, How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill) 1.000

👤 Amy Goodman 📋 News Article 🏷️ Finance , Economics

Simplified: Free Lunch is David Cay Johnston's book about wealthy Americans enriching themselves at government expense

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Donald Trump — a tax that’s supposed to serve the poor, his company got $89 million for a tax designated for the poor. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Finance

Simplified: Donald Trump's company got $89 million from a tax designated for the poor

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It’s $8,000 for every man, woman, and child in that town to have this store. 0.900

👤 DAVID CAY JOHNSTON 📋 Interview 🏷️ Business , Government , Finance

Simplified: The Cabela's deal cost $8000 per person in the town.

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It’s easier to mine gold from the government’s treasury than from the side of a mountain. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Economics , Finance

Simplified: Mining gold from government treasury is easier than from a mountain

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That’s more than the city budget for that town for ten years. 0.900

👤 DAVID CAY JOHNSTON 📋 Interview 🏷️ Government , Finance

Simplified: $36 million is more than the city budget for ten years.

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This little city of 4,000 people made a deal to give Cabela’s $36 million to build a store. 0.900

👤 DAVID CAY JOHNSTON 📋 Interview 🏷️ Business , Government , Finance

Simplified: A city of 4000 people gave Cabela's $36 million to build a store.

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You go to the store with your goods, you pay for it at Wal-Mart, and there’s a very good chance that that store has made a deal with the government that the sales taxes you are required to pay, that g... 0.700

👤 DAVID CAY JOHNSTON 📋 Interview 🏷️ Business , Government , Finance

Simplified: Wal-Mart may have a deal where sales taxes do not go to the government.

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If the lobbying community had grown in revenues since the ’70s at the same rate as the economy, there would be one-tenth as many lobbyists in Washington. 0.800

👤 DAVID CAY JOHNSTON 📋 Interview 🏷️ Politics , Government , Economics

Simplified: Lobbyists in Washington would be one-tenth as many if lobbying revenues grew at the same rate as the economy since the 1970s.

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There are twice as many registered lobbyists in Washington today as there were in 1980. 0.900

👤 DAVID CAY JOHNSTON 📋 Interview 🏷️ Politics , Government

Simplified: Registered lobbyists in Washington are twice as many today as in 1980.

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