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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Road Walker who wrote (35914)	4/18/2014 10:21:56 AM
From: Lane3	1 Recommendation Recommended By TimF Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

Frankly nobody was doing anything about cost containment before the spotlight. You're assuming that active cost containment effort is the sole factor. The lousy economy drives down costs. And even if your jawboning were a major factor, there is still a delay is seeing the impact for which you are not accounting.

To: Road Walker who wrote (35914)	4/19/2014 4:53:19 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

Is The Health Care Spending Slowdown Over? By John Goodman Filed under Science and Other News on April 16, 2014 with 14 comments Americans used more medical care in 2013 as the economy recovered, new reports show. Federal data suggests that health care spending is now growing just as quickly as it was prior to the recession. “We’re at the highest level of growth since the slowdown began,” Paul Hughes-Cromwick, a senior health economist at the Altarum Institute, which tracks health spending. “You have to go back seven years to see growth like this.” - See more at: healthblog.ncpa.org