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HSA510 Current and Future Economic Issues Impacting Healthcare Sector HSA510 Health Economics Current and Future Economic Issues Impacting Healthcare Sector There are a lot of important and press... ing economic issues that confront the United States healthcare industry today and will continue to do so into the next decade. These issues include the rising healthcare cost, and shortage of healthcare physicians. Research: Rising Healthcare Costs In the United States the estimated healthcare costs including all public and private spending are expected to rise by an average of 5.5 percent per year over the next decade, this is a growth from $3.5 trillion in 2017 to $6 trillion by 2027 (N.A., 2019). It is expected that healthcare spending will grow faster than the economy causing the gross domestic product (GDP) to increase to 17.9 percent in 2017 to 19.4 percent in 2027 (N.A., 2019). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Show More]

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