Healthcare Spending

CBO: Government Healthcare Spending To More Than Double By 2022

Reuters | Posted 04.01.2012

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* Spending to more than double by 2022 * Annual rise seen at 8 pct, to reach 7.3 percent of GDP By David Morgan ...

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Who's Cost-Shifting Now?

Deane Waldman | Posted 11.07.2011

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Deane Waldman

Everyone agrees that healthcare spending is out of control and the cost spiral is unsustainable. The cure for this sickness seems, however, elusive.

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By 2020, Health Care Spending To Cost Nearly $14,000 Per Person: Report

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 09.27.2011

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WASHINGTON — The nation's health care tab is on track to hit $4.6 trillion in 2020, accounting for about $1 of every $5 in the economy, governme...

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Cost Curve

Andrew Rubin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrew Rubin

Can anyone put a price tag on the remaining time we have in our last days and months? With healthcare consuming 20% of our economy by 2019, we aren't going to be able to ignore the question much longer.

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