Not surprisingly, polls have shown that health care costs should be one of the top priorities for our nation to tackle. Given the time spent discussing it by 2020 presidential candidates, it certainly will remain atop the list of policy priorities for the foreseeable future.
Health care is expensive. We spend over $3 trillion a year for our care. Nearly 20 cents of every dollar we spend goes towards health care, the highest employment-providing industry in the United States. And it just keeps growing, at a rate faster than inflation, faster than wage increases, faster than the overall growth of our economy.