Health care costs

Experts say 3 million people in the U.S. have more than $10,000 in medical debt each.

Health care in the United States costs a lot of money. In fact, we, as a country, spend twice as much as other wealthy nations. And we’re collectively less healthy than many others. But why is it like this? Conventional wisdom says that Americans use more health care — more tests, scans, screenings and prescriptions. […]

When people wind up in an emergency room, it adds up to about $100,000 per person.