Our health care system is wrought with inefficiencies and waste that account for up to $700 billion annually.
Indeed, some researchers speculate that one-third or more of all treatments and procedures performed in the US have no proven benefits. Whats more, a number of these unhelpful services produce hazardous side effects in patients.
Source:http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/07/costly_and_dangerous.html