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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
No, actually it started long before that, most of the problems really took off because of the Clinton Administration and the things they did and failed to do. The period of 2000 -2008 was mere icing on the cake. The foundation was laid by Clinton.
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Health care costs as percent of GDP have been rising steadily for 40 years....from about 5% in the 60s to over 15% now.
The steadily rising cost of health care is not a partisan issue....it is fact, without regard to the party in power.
When Reagan took office in 1980, the per capita expenditures on health care were under $1,000....by the time Clinton took office in 1992, that cost rose to about $2.500...in 2000, it was about $4000 and now it is over $7,000.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalHealt...ads/tables.pdf (see table 6)
But if you want to make it a partisan issue, by blaming Clinton, I would suggest the partisanship comes about with the proposed solutions, if any....Reagan and GHW Bush did nothing to even attempt to address the problem. Clinton tried and failed, with the exception of SCHIP. GW Bush did nothing. Obama is taking it head on.