Explain how the advent of medical technology has increased health care costs.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Medical technology has increased health care costs. U.S. doctors perform 71 percent more CT scans than do doctors in Germany. Technology can save lives, but U.S. doctors, compared with those in many other countries, are more likely to adopt new and expensive machines that are highly profitable for both physicians and hospitals. Technology helps us live longer, but also increases a patient's, insurer's, and nation's medical costs (Brill, 2015; Frakt, 2017).
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