U.S. Health Care Costs: Billions, Trillions, Who Can be Bothered?

The NYT caught this one itself, but it still is worth noting. An article discussing hospitals' efforts to promote themselves included a quote from Dr. Eric Topol, chief academic officer at Scripps Health in California:

“We’re pushing $3 trillion in health expenditures, and one-third of that is waste.”

The piece originally said $3 billion in health expenditures. Of course mistakes happen, but you have to wonder if the NYT's editors would have missed the error if the original sentence told read...