Throughout the summer and autumn months of 2009, as the health care reform debate rages on from the halls of Congress to the homes of many Americans, a key point in the discussions has been the level of waste in the current system that makes it so expensive. The Obama administration has touted reforms as a way of fixing the problems that cause waste, and the subsequent money saved could help pay for said reforms. Now there are facts that back up those statements, coming from an independent study released on Monday, October 26, which verifies that the current result of waste in the U.S. health care system costs the country between $505 billion and $850 billion.
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