Why Have Health Care Costs Risen So Much in Recent

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Essay

Why have health care costs risen so much in recent years?

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Definitions:

Health Insurance

A type of insurance coverage that pays for medical and surgical expenses incurred by the insured or reimburses the insured for expenses incurred from illness or injury.

Americans

Residents or citizens of the United States of America.

Elasticity Evidence

Data or information demonstrating the responsiveness of the quantity demanded or supplied of a good or service to changes in its price.

Inferior Good

A type of good for which demand decreases as the income of the consumer increases, opposite to a normal good.