Rising Costs To Business, Government And Consumers Inspire, Complicate Health Reform

Every 10 years or so, the cost of health care doubles. It went from $714 billion in 1990 to $1.4 trillion in 2000 to an expected $2.5 trillion this year, the Sacramento Bee reports. "As the health care reform movement goes into high gear, there is little question that escalating cost is the major factor driving the effort.