Introduction
It begins by examining how three fundamental facts about health care systems.
- The potential exists to spend the entire US GDP on health care in useful ways.
- As time goes on, Americans desire to spend more of their income on health care.
- The US has suppressed normal market forces in dealing with 1 and 2.
The authors contend that Americans could potentially spend their entire GDP on medical testing alone. They further explain that as people become older and wealthier, they naturally spend more of their money on health care. They explain how the suppression of normal market forces, in conjunction with the first two facts, has created the problems currently faced with health care in the United States and abroad.
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