Health care cost projections

• $2 trillion: Estimated amount of government spending on health care for 2017.
• $4.3 trillion: Estimated total national spending on health care for 2017.
• 20%: Estimated percentage of gross domestic product health care will consume in 2015.
• $844 billion: Estimated increase in Medicare over the next 10 years.

Source: U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services