Ten years ago, in a cover story on the "Plight of the American Patient," TIME noted with alarm that a typical American hospital charged $60 a day for a room, more than many resort hotels. The price has since doubled or even tripled, and this week's cover story examines the epidemic that has made health care far more expensive than national defense.
"The roots of medical inflation are tangled and diverse," says Assistant Managing Editor Ronald Kriss, who edited the report. "They lie not only in economics but also in politics and medical technology." To diagnose the case, Kriss assembled a team...
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