Health Spending Is 17% of GDP, And Growing

"Health-related spending accounts for 17 percent of the nation's gross
domestic product, and it's rising rapidly. If we don't get costs under control, the stress on our economy may be insurmountable."

-- Joan Verplanck, president of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, in today's Star-Ledger.

See Verplanck's quotes in today's Star-Ledger and Record.