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.

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