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title: “The United States spends 50% more than other countries for healthcare and doesn’t get 50% better quality for it.”
description: Scroll down to page 3 of the PDF to read Value Capture Senior Advisor Mark Graban’s insights on the needs and problems in healthcare today, as well as the solution provided by Paul O’Neill at a Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit.
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# [“The United States spends 50% more than other countries for healthcare and doesn’t get 50% better quality for it.”](https://www.valuecapturellc.com/blog/the-united-states-spends-50-more-than-other-countries-for-healthcare-and-doesnt-get-50-better-quality-for-it)

 Written by [Value Capture](https://www.valuecapturellc.com/blog/author/value-capture-llc) | November 20, 2015

Scroll down to page 3 of the PDF to read Value Capture Senior Advisor [Mark Graban](https://www.valuecapturellc.com/staff/mark-graban)’s insights on the needs and problems in healthcare today, as well as the solution provided by Paul O’Neill at a Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit.

[Read the article ](http://www.leanblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/QHSEFocusMagazineJulyissue11-Graban.pdf)(PDF via Lean Blog)

<http://www.leanblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/QHSEFocusMagazineJulyissue11-Graban.pdf>

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