15. 2006 Medical Spending as a Percent of GDP Source: OECD, http://www.oecd.org/document/16/0,3343,en_2649_34631_2085200_1_1_1_1,00.html
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17. Increase in Health Care Cost as a Percent of GDP, 1970 to 2006 Source: OECD, http://www.oecd.org/document/16/0,3343,en_2649_34631_2085200_1_1_1_1,00.html
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19. Source: CBO, http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=8758 Projected Health Care Spending as Percent of GDP
20. Private employers and families are suffering from rapidly rising health care costs. 119% increase Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, http://facts.kff.org/chart.aspx?ch=706 117% increase $5,791 $12,680
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22. Source: CMS, http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/downloads/tables.pdf Changes in Spending per Enrollee, Medicare and Private Insurance
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24. The Relationship Between Quality and Medicare Spending, by State, 2004 Source: Congressional Budget Office, http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/90xx/doc9016/03-03-2008-NABE.pdf