Private insurers control health care spending better than Medicare, study suggests
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 13:31
in Health & Medicine
Private insurers appear to be more effective in controlling health care spending differences between two Texas cities than Medicare, according to researchers. Researchers found that sharp disparities in per-capita Medicare healthcare spending between McAllen and El Paso were significantly diminished when private insurance paid for health care costs in the under-65 population.