At the top of that list are hospitals, which alone account for roughly one-third of the nation’s health care spending. Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker Spending on hospitals accounts for one-third of all health care spending in the U.S. No other sector comes close. It was supposed to be the first step toward creating a national health system. The story is the same within the U.S., where hospital prices vary enormously from region to region. Medicare already tailors payments based on regional costs, and a Sanders aide made clear to HuffPost a new system could add further modifications as necessary.

Source: Huffington Post April 20, 2019 12:00 UTC