When I started studying the political economy of health care in the early 1990s the U.S. was spending just over 10% of the GDP on health care, a little under $1 trillion. A little over a decade later we are spending a whole lot more: Around 16% of a much bigger GD
Author Archives: Matt Holt
Adventures in a Health Care Nation
December 8, 2005 – 10:58 pm
Greetings and welcome to my first Spot-on column. My designated role on Spot-on is to explain the whacky work of American health care, particularly the politics of it. I may on occasion deviate off into the broader world of politics and the vagaries of a certain football team from west London, but I fully expect …
