Report: US health care system wastes $750B a year<p><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6oINjEw_VjkjzRCBe1psog--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bd8d282028f068191a0f6a7067001076.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Norfolk, Va. The U.S. health care system squanders $750 billion a year â€" roughly 30 cents of every medical dollar â€" through unneeded care, Byzantine paperwork, fraud and other waste, the influential Institute of Medicine said Thursday in a report that ties directly into the presidential campaign. President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are accusing each other of trying to slash Medicare and put seniors at risk. But the counter-intuitive finding from the report is that deep cuts are possible without rationing, and a leaner system may even produce better quality. ( AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Norfolk, Va. The U.S. health care system squanders $750 billion a year â€" roughly 30 cents of every medical dollar â€" through unneeded care, Byzantine paperwork, fraud and other waste, the influential Institute of Medicine said Thursday in a report that ties directly into the presidential campaign. President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are accusing each other of trying to slash Medicare and put seniors at risk. But the counter-intuitive finding from the report is that deep cuts are possible without rationing, and a leaner system may even produce better quality. ( AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)" border="0" /> (http://news.yahoo.com/report-us-health-care-system-wastes-750b-140106406.html)The U.S. health care system squanders $750 billion a year â€" roughly 30 cents of every medical dollar â€" through unneeded care, byzantine paperwork, fraud and other waste, the influential Institute of Medicine said Thursday in a report that ties directly into the presidential campaign.</p><br clear="all"/>
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