Health Affairs November 12, 2019
Niall Brennan, Katie Martin

Health care costs strain the budgets of families, businesses, and governments, leaving less room for other spending and forcing painful tradeoffs. In 2017, the United States spent $3.5 trillion on health care – nearly 1 out of 5 dollars. Among people who get health insurance from their jobs, on average, spending on health care (not including premiums) grew 25 percent faster than the economy each year between 2013 and 2017, with most of the growth in spending caused by higher prices, and not increased utilization.

Despite the magnitude of health care spending and the significance of its impact, there is no definitive source of information that would allow stakeholders to better understand how the US health care system is...

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