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Re:The American Economy Is in a Funk, But Not for the Reason... by jjoonathan on Sunday March 20, 2016 @11:00PM (#11325935)
And how much of that is due to increasing medicare costs?
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Re:The American Economy Is in a Funk, But Not for the Reason... by zaroth on Sunday March 20, 2016 @11:50PM (#11326123)
Looks like about 40% of the increase over the last 30 years can be attributed to increased "health" spending. Health as a percentage of total has gone from ~10% - 22%.

       Health   Everything Else  (Per Capita, 2009 dollars)
  1986   1141   10243  
  2016   4111   14484	
  Inc    2970    4241
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/spending_chart_1980_2021...
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