The report that health care spending in 2003 only increased by 7.7 percent deserves more than congratulatory headlines.
For example, it should be emphasized that for the first time, health care spending grabbed more than 15 percent of the gross national product.
There were not enough news reports that included skepticism as reflected by Emory health policy professor Kenneth Thorpe in the Philadelphia Inquirer: "This is false good news. It appears to be a one-time thing. I wouldn't make too much of this."
Posted by schwitz at January 11, 2005 12:05 PM