Unhealthy Spending, Unhealthy Economy

AUTHOR: Joseph Antos, Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy, American Enterprise Institute
Feb 11, 2010

The U.S. economy is ailing, and more spending on health care will not heal the patient. Left to its current trend, federal health spending will take an ever-growing chunk out of the budget, crowding out other policy priorities. Unfortunately, the health reform debate has focused more on creating a new health entitlement program and less on responsible actions to make the current spending paths of Medicare and Medicaid sustainable in the long term.

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