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Health Care Spending in U.S. Increases 7.2 Percent
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The Washington Post
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September 27, 2001
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Health care spending rose 7.2 percent last year -- the largest
jump in a decade -- due in large part to sizable increases in
hospital and pharmaceutical costs, according to a report released
yesterday.
In addition, researchers at the Center for Studying Health System
Change, the nonpartisan research group in Washington that prepared
the report, warned that the sluggish economy and broad trends in the
industry portend higher out-of-pocket health costs for consumers.
"The volatile combination of rising costs, increasing premiums and
a slowing economy have set the stage for consumers to pay more for
care and an increase in the number of uninsured Americans," said Paul
Ginsburg, one of the three ...
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