Authors:

  • Michael Porter

Excerpt

The Big Idea: How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health Care. Michael Porter, September 2011, Article. "U.S. health care costs currently exceed 17% of GDP and continue to rise. Other countries spend less of their GDP on health care but have the same increasing trend. Explanations are not hard to find. The aging of populations and the development of new treatments are behind some of the increase. Perverse incentives also contribute: Third-party payors (insurance companies and governments) reimburse for procedures performed rather than outcomes achieved, and patients bear little responsibility for the cost..." Link