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U.S. healthcare needs overhauling to cut waste, improve outcomes.

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The numbers aren't good. The U.S. spends more than any other nation on healthcare. Healthcare spending represents 16 percent of the GDP (gross domestic product) in the U.S., yet the country ranks 48th in life expectancy and is in last place among industrialized nations in preventable deaths.

There seems to be agreement that there is plenty of money being devoted to healthcare in the U.S., but it isn't being spent wisely. Dr. Daniel W. Jones, dean of the School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center and past president of the American Hospital Association, said there is absolutely no doubt that U.S. healthcare is wasteful.

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"Absolutely," Jones said. "We spend about twice per capita what most industrialized nations spend and rank at mid-level or below in most rankings of important health measures."

Jones said what is needed is a substantial overhaul of the healthcare system to include access to care for all,...

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