Problem
Read the article below and answer the questions below:
The article notes that "a large amount of higher overall hospital spending in the U.S. can be explained by services costing more in U.S. hospitals rather than because U.S. hospitals are delivering more services."
1. What are the pros and cons of spending more money on technological advances within hospitals?
2. Based on this article, what are some of the health care expenditure challenges faced by more than just the United States? Are there any practices that you would recommend that the U.S. adopts in order to reduce the rising health care costs? Explain.
3. What areas (if any) does the U.S. health care system outrank other countries? Do these strengths help to validate the rising costs of health care? Why or why not?