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July 20, 2006
Government Health Care Spending Unsustainable
NCPA Study Shows Aging Population, Generous Benefits to Blame
Government spending on health care in the U.S. is on a course to consume about a third of national income by mid-century -- an amount that would absorb the entire federal government budget as well as all state and local government budgets. The projection, which is part of a 10-country study, is based on the spending patterns of the past 30 years. The study can be found online at -- http://www.ncpa.org/pub/st/st286/ . [RJ]
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