July 7, 2014

Getting Much Closer To The Cost Precipice

U.S. healthcare expenditures have reached crisis proportions, accounting for 17.7 percent of the GDP. Cost estimates from the Congressional Budget Office and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid significantly understate the likely financial impact of an aging population, not adequately focusing on the five percent of the population accounting for 50 percent of costs. With the cost precipice fast approaching, the U.S. healthcare system is in great need for disruptive transformation.


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Getting Much Closer To The Cost Precipice (pdf)


 

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