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Slower health spending growth

from USA Today,
Health Care Spending Increases Hit New Low.
SO ObamaCare is doing just what it was designed to do, keep healthcare costs in check.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...growth/3650243/

"If just half the recent slowdown in spending can be sustained, health care spending a decade from now will be $1,400 per person lower," Furman said.

The Council of Economic Advisers report released Wednesday also said health care inflation is the lowest it has been in 50 years.

The Affordable Care Act is, in part, responsible for the lower costs, Furman and other health experts agree,

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My wife is in the medical field and has dealt with insurance companies a lot in the past. She, like most in the medical, field can tell you that the insurance companies and lawyers are the reason for a large part of the cost for medical costs. The insurance companies negotiate a low cost that they will pay but will sue if those prices are given to anyone else.

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You can't fix STUPID!

the real main reason for slow pacing the anemic economy, pretty much slower spendign across the board on all goods/services

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