Divide et impera: protecting the growth of health care incomes (COSTS).

It is proper to preamble an essay of this sort with the observation that anyone who has received health care for a serious illness is likely to agree that, with few exceptions, health care sectors in the USA and elsewhere tend to be staffed with millions of smart and highly trained professionals who sincerely seek to improve the quality of their patients’ lives. Their admirable clinical efforts, however, are embedded in a ceaseless struggle over money. That struggle is the focus of this essay.

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