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Per your NIH citation, you may be correct. FTA, "Overemphasizing “medical bankruptcies” may distract from understanding the true nature of economic hardship ari
by jdkee 7y ago
Per your NIH citation, you may be correct. FTA, "Overemphasizing “medical bankruptcies” may distract from understanding the true nature of economic hardship arising from high-cost health problems."
Healthcare costs have been rising faster than inflation since the 1970s. Health care consumed 4 percent of income in 1960 compared to 6 percent in 2013.
https://www.thebalance.com/causes-of-rising-healthcare-costs-4064878 https://www.thebalance.com/causes-of-rising-healthcare-costs...
And are expected to continue doing so into the near term.
https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/Downloads/ForecastSummary.pdf https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Sta...