How U.S. Health Care Became Big Business

Health care is a trillion-dollar industry in America, but are we getting what we pay for? Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, a medical journalist who formerly worked as a medical doctor, warns that the existing system too often focuses on financial incentives over health or science.

"We’ve trusted a lot of our health care to for-profit businesses and it’s their job, frankly, to make profit," Rosenthal says. "You can’t expect them to act like Mother Teresas."

TERRY GROSS

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