Healthcare 101 - 2009

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Executive Summary

The cost of personal health care continues to rise in New Hampshire. In the Granite State, personal health care—which includes visits to doctors, hospitalizations, medicine, and so on—consumes 18 percent of our economy, or 18 cents of every dollar. Twenty years ago, spending on personal health care was less than 10 percent of New Hampshire's economy. Twenty years from now, health care spending is projected to reach nearly 22 to 25 percent of economic activity.

The Obama administration and Congress are considering legislation to overhaul the US healthcare system.. The Center has developed this snapshot to update work previously conducted which provided general background on U.S. healthcare spending, with detail for New Hampshire where available. It shows how much we spend, what services the funds are spent on, and how much of the spending comes directly from consumers.