News, Why Health Care Costs Keep Rising: What You Need to Know. (parties, government)

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Republicans and Democrats may disagree on what a health care bill should include, but both parties agree that dramatically rising health care costs need to be contained.

The U.S. government spent more than $2.3 trillion on health carein 2008, more than three times the $714 billion spent in 1990, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. In 2008, U.S. health care spending averaged $7,681 per person in 2008.

Health Care Costs: the Biggest Drivers - ABC News

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I think their statement is wrong. I don't think the US govt spent $2.3 trillion. Total expense might have been, but not the govt's piece. The total budget for FY2007 was $2.7 trillion. Something does not compute.