What can be done to stop, or at least slow, the rapid growth in health care spending?

This problem is significant because doctors control 80 percent of all health care spending.

Over the last four years, health care spending grew an average of 11 percent a year.

"There is no free way of increasing health care spending."

And despite many efforts to slow health care spending, it is expected to grow by another 9.1 percent in 1989.

"But for the next 5 to 10 years, if not longer, the general consensus is that technology will continue to increase health care spending."

The private medical sector accounts for about 14 percent of total health care spending.

The 15 most costly medical conditions account for 44% of the total health care spending.

Above all, a large part of America's health care spending goes into paperwork.

Total health care spending rose 7.9 percent in 2004, to $1.9 trillion, or an average of $6,280 a person, the administration said.

What can be done to stop, or at least slow, the rapid growth in health care spending?

This problem is significant because doctors control 80 percent of all health care spending.

Over the last four years, health care spending grew an average of 11 percent a year.

"There is no free way of increasing health care spending."

And despite many efforts to slow health care spending, it is expected to grow by another 9.1 percent in 1989.

"But for the next 5 to 10 years, if not longer, the general consensus is that technology will continue to increase health care spending."

The private medical sector accounts for about 14 percent of total health care spending.

The 15 most costly medical conditions account for 44% of the total health care spending.

Above all, a large part of America's health care spending goes into paperwork.

Total health care spending rose 7.9 percent in 2004, to $1.9 trillion, or an average of $6,280 a person, the administration said.