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SPOTLIGHT: Study finds fault with U.S. healthcare
September 20, 2006 — 7:01pm ET
A Commonwealth Fund study (like many of its predecessors) has found that despite spending 16 percent of our GDP on healthcare, America's healthcare quality is below that of many other nations. Report
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