The hidden cost of health care: How rising debt threatens your access to care

Before a discussion of entitlements and welfare programs is started, a primer on the fiscal situation of the country seems appropriate. Service on the national debt is now second only to Social Security as a government expenditure. The debt is now about $36 trillion. Government revenues are 18 percent of GDP. Spending is 25 percent Read more… The hidden cost of health care: How rising debt threatens your access to care originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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The hidden cost of health care: How rising debt threatens your access to care

Before a discussion of entitlements and welfare programs is started, a primer on the fiscal situation of the country seems appropriate. Service on the national debt is now second only to Social Security as a government expenditure. The debt is now about $36 trillion. Government revenues are 18 percent of GDP. Spending is 25 percent

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The hidden cost of health care: How rising debt threatens your access to care originally appeared in KevinMD.com.