Shannon Brownlee is among experts writing about health care costs in America. On 'The Diane Rehm Show' Wednesday Brownlee discussed her popular new book, 'Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Americans Sicker and Poorer' (Bloomsbury Press). ...

Many Americans assume more medical treatment means better health care. But a medical journalist says too much medicine can make us sicker and poorer. She explains how unnecessary tests and procedures are not only expensive and wasteful but can actually harm our health. ...

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