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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (90699)	1/31/2014 2:17:42 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

WHERE did he supposedly say that the HCA would "bankrupt the healthcare insurance industry"??????????? Would love to see that quote.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (90699)	1/31/2014 2:23:34 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

Speaking of which (in general that is... American health care costs) take a look at the following chart. Something (demographically? economically? socially? etc.) seems to have CHANGED in recent years: One specific item worth pointing out is the growth in healthcare costs. When people think of rising prices on services, they often point to healthcare. While healthcare costs have historically grown much faster than the overall service sector, that is no longer the case (chart below). Given the massive public (and private) sector future liabilities that are linked to healthcare expenditures ( see post), in the long run this trend is absolutely critical for the US. PCE Price Index (YoY % changes): blue = Healthcare, red = All Services