Health Care Spending as a percentage of GDP over past 30 years.  -PK People keep talking about continued increases in GDP cost of health care reaching as high as  mid twenties.  To me that seems like a waste of time because very simply put it is highly unlikely to happen.  Businesses could not survive under with numbers in the mid twenties.  Some massive dynamic shift is to occur in the next several years to alter the course we are currently on.  Simply looking at the growth projections and understanding reality should give us a clear indication that we cannot possibly sustain these increases year over year.  Especially as the quality and access to the service continues to decline in most major population groups.  So instead of focusing on a delusional path of increasing costs we need to start looking for and predicting where that spark of change will come from.  

Health Care Spending as a percentage of GDP over past 30 years.  -PK

People keep talking about continued increases in GDP cost of health care reaching as high as  mid twenties.  To me that seems like a waste of time because very simply put it is highly unlikely to happen.  Businesses could not survive under with numbers in the mid twenties.  Some massive dynamic shift is to occur in the next several years to alter the course we are currently on.  Simply looking at the growth projections and understanding reality should give us a clear indication that we cannot possibly sustain these increases year over year.  Especially as the quality and access to the service continues to decline in most major population groups.  So instead of focusing on a delusional path of increasing costs we need to start looking for and predicting where that spark of change will come from.