Link to the article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/06/01/the-cost-conundrum

1. What are some of the hypotheses that Dr. Gawande proposed for why health care expenditure might be so high in McAllen, Texas, compared to other cities in the U.S, and how did he rule them out?
2. Which is the one explanation for the high cost of health care that Dr. Gawande found most convincing?
3. Does higher health care expenditure tend to translate into better health outcomes (both for McAllen, Texas, and more generally in the U.S.)?