Over the last two decades, healthcare costs have become a major topic of conservation and a major worry for governments,
businesses, healthcare providers and private citizens. Medicare and
Medicaid capture nearly one-quarter of the U.S. federal budget, while
according to Bloomberg, healthcare takes up more than 15% of consumer
spending. Healthcare costs have likewise loomed large for many corporate
pension plans and many companies have cut or stopped subsidizing health
insurance costs for workers.
So, what are the biggest items on the national healthcare bill? While
there are a lot of complicating factors in the math (as well as
double-counting), it's fairly clear that heart disease, obesity,
diabetes and cancer make some of the largest demands on the U.S.
healthcare budget.
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