Health Care Spending Skyrockets and Shows No Signs of Tapering

In 2009, health care spending grew by 5.7 percent, now reaching $2.5 trillion. It is the largest increase since the federal government began tracking these figures in 1960, according to a report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Feb. 9, 2010

The cost increases are documented. The politics and causative factors are a bit week.

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