In a digital world, health care stuck on paper

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Medical RecordsAs if health care wasn’t expensive enough, taxpayers are sending doctors and hospitals $35 billion to buy computers and software. Why? It’s a story CPR’s Eric Whitney is covering.

Click here to read a white paper by Senate Republicans criticizing White House spending on health information technology.

Response to the White House's policy and the Republican white paper is here.