Obama: Overtreatment Drives Health Care Costs : NPR

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Obama: Overtreatment Drives Health Care Costs : NPR

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President Obama, and experts from the Mayo Clinic, are advocating an end to the "fee for service" system that encourages doctors to order more office visits, tests and procedures — and pushes up costs for health care.

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