The New Health Dialogue

Healthbeat’s Maggie Mahar uses the data in MedPac’s June Medicare spending report to debunk some of health care’s seemingly unshakable myths. Specifically, she addresses Medicare beneficiaries’ access to physicians; the concentration of our health care dollars; changes, trends and levels of reimbursement; cost-shifting; and the quality-spending-conundrum. She uses the graphs and charts to perform some of her own due diligence -- and some of the results are surprising. Check it out!