Health Care Spending in the United States

The U.S. spends a huge amount on health care, but in recent years, spending growth has slowed. Will this continue or will costs start rising again? Senior Fellow Louise Sheiner, from the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, explains why the answers to this question will have a big impact on the U.S.’s fiscal outlook.

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[dwetick]

Everybody outside of the Healthcare Industry agrees that Third Party Payers is the whole Health Care out-of-control spending problem in a nutshell.