How can America cut its healthcare costs? The question is generating political heat in Washington right now. No wonder. Healthcare spending now stands at an eye-popping 17 per cent of US gross domestic product. And next year, President Barack Obama’s divisive “Obamacare” reforms will take effect, extending insurance to a much wider part of the population than ever before.
美國如何能夠削減醫療成本?這個問題目前在華盛頓政界的熱度正在升高。這不奇怪。目前醫療支出與美國國內生產總值(GDP)之比高達17%,這個數字簡直令人瞠目結舌。美國總統巴拉克?奧巴馬(Barack Obama)的那項引發爭議的“奧巴馬醫改”(Obamacare)也將于明年生效,從而將使醫保覆蓋率大大超過有史以來的最高水平。
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