 | United States. Congress. Pepper Commission - 1990 - 788 pages
...DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATION, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SENIOR CITIZENS [NCSC] Mr. SCHULMAN. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It would not be understating the enormity of America's...1980 national spending for health care services has more than doubled, from $240 billion to over $500 billion a year and it continues to increase at the... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging - 1991 - 102 pages
...government serving as universal insurer. The health delivery system is in crisis. There is no doubt that the costs being borne by consumers, industry and government are breaking our economic backs. Yet, although we know we must fight to bring health care costs under control, we stand... | |
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It would not be understating the enormity of America's health care crisis to suggest that our "system," such as it is, is in disarray. The costs being borne by consumers, industry and government are breaking our backs. Since 1980, national spending for... 