Name: Increasing Healthcare Costs Actually Benefits Society
Uploaded: 2009-05-18T22:45:37-04:00
Duration: 5 min 59 s
Description: In partnership with GE, Big Think is bringing you conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers in the world of health care, tackling issues ranging from stemming costs to […]

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In partnership with GE, Big Think is bringing you conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers in the world of health care, tackling issues ranging from stemming costs to integrated medicine to how technology is giving us longer, fuller lives.

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