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Growing Healthcare Costs in the U.S.
Total U.S. health spending (public and private) is projected to rise to nearly one-fifth of the economy by 2025.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0056_health-care-costs-proj
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Total U.S. health spending (public and private) is projected to rise to nearly one-fifth of the economy by 2025.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0056_health-care-costs-proj
The portion of health spending paid by the government is growing.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0090-composition-health-spending
Prescription drug costs have increased significantly over the past several decades.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0319-prescription-drug-costs
Government health insurance is paying for a larger share of prescription drug expenditures.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0320-prescription-drug-costs-composition
Federal budget deficits are projected to be high despite low unemployment.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0306-high-deficits-low-unemployment
“Americans’ confidence in our fiscal outlook is weighed down by deep concerns about the national debt, an uncertain economic outlook and a lack of fiscal leadership,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2022/07/fci-press-release
The United States leads the world in an unfortunate category: the pace of growth in its debt.
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the data for August 2023.
https://www.pgpf.org/the-current-federal-budget-deficit/budget-deficit-August-2023
Over one-third of American children are covered by Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0097_children_medicaid_chip
"The deficit has essentially doubled in just one year. That’s very alarming, but the fact that the deficit grew so much during a time of economic growth is an even more serious warning sign for our nation’s future."
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2023/10/peterson-foundation-statement-as-deficit-soars