Teaser | “McAllen [Texas] …is one of the most expensive health-care markets in the country. Only Miami—which has much higher labor and living costs—spends more per person on health care. In 2006, Medicare spent fifteen thousand dollars per enrollee here, almost twice the national average. The income per capita is twelve thousand dollars. In other words, Medicare spends three thousand dollars more per person here than the average person earns.” What is going on here?

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Read about it | The New Yorker article, “The Cost Conundrum, What a Texas town can teach us about health care,” by Dr. Atul Gawande in the June 1 issue

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Reflect | Which of the people interviewed in the article is most like you? Where, if at all, do you see the dynamics described in this article at play?

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