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Blog Posts on health care
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Monday, May 20, 2013 - 10:07 AMThis is post three of a three-part series on the developing consensus for the next steps on health care reform. Part One is here. Part Two is here. Ultimately, for any health care reform plan to be credible and passable through Congress, it must have a meaningful and enforced target for long-term cost growth. In this final post of my three-part... Read More
Government-Provided Health Care
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The following pie chart depicts the composition of government-provided health care programs. Today, government spending makes up about half of all health care spending in the United States.
Office of Management and Budget, Jan. 2012
About the Issue
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The American health care system is a patchwork of public and private programs that serve citizens in different ways, depending on their age, military...