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Sheldon Whitehouse: “Health care consumes about 18 percent of America's GDP right now, and the closest country is at about 12 percent.”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
Health care consumes about 18 percent of America's GDP right now, and the closest country is at about 12 percent.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Highlighting the inefficiency of the U.S. health care system compared to other countries.

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