U.S. Health Expenditures Deciphered

The Congressional Budget Office has said that if medical costs continue to grow unabated, “total spending on health care would eventually account for all of the country’s economic output.” While the rise in health care spending in the US has slowed in the past four years — to about 4 percent annually from about 8 percent — it is still expected to rise faster than the GDP.

NYT: The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill