The nation's health care bill Who bears the burden? A chartbook

• Main Author: Cromwell, Jerry (auth)
• Other Authors: Healy, Deborah (auth), Seeley, Elizabeth Jennifer (auth), Trebino, Diana (auth), Cromwell, Genevieve (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Research Triangle Park, NC RTI Press/RTI International 2013
• Series: RTI Press Publication BK-0010-1307
• Subjects: POL024000
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

During the past 50 years, spending on health care services-by households, private businesses, and state and federal governments-increased dramatically and now approaches one out of every five dollars spent in the United States. The benefits of health care spending have not been distributed equally a...