Assessing the Impact of Health Care Reform for Municipal Investors
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With the passage of the Heath Care Reform Bill into law in March 2010, many investors have expressed interest in the impact that the new legislation will have on the health care sector. The impact of the new law is significant to the U.S. economy as overall health spending currently represents about 17 percent of the U.S. GDP and is projected to increase to about 19 percent by 2019. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the total cost of the reform may reach close to a trillion dollars over the next 10 years.
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