Cover Story Sidebar | • Spending on healthcare in the United States has grown from 7.2
percent of GDP in 1970 to 12.3 percent in 1990 and 16.2 percent in
2007. • In 2007 Medicare and Medicaid accounted for nearly 20
percent of the federal budget and more than 27 percent of total
healthcare expenditures. • 47 million Americans are uninsured. •
Premiums increased 114 percent between 1999 and 2007 while workers'
earnings increased only 27 percent. • The average cost of an
employer-based insurance policy
Cover Story | A major legislative overhaul of U.S. healthcare seemed to be a sure thing just weeks ago, and some sort of change remains likely. But as details emerge and costs become apparent, industry groups and moderate Democrats are starting to balk
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In this issue: "Hurtling toward havoc," Aug. 1, 2009
Human Race |
DIED: Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, who under
President John F. Kennedy helped launch the United States into the
Vietnam War, died July 6.
Houses of God |
"Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles
of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and
Bithynia, according to the…
