As a share of GDP, publicly-financed health spending in 2007 (the most recent "normal" year) was five times as large as it was in 1965. In contrast, the share of the economy attributable to government spending on all other activities unrelated to health was almost identical in these two years.
As a share of GDP, publicly-financed health spending in 2007 (the most recent "normal" year) was five times as large as it was in 1965. In contrast, the share of the economy attributable to government spending on all other activities unrelated to health was almost identical in these two years.