It will be interesting to see how the information is politicized, though. It is not difficult to imagine those opposed to certain comprehensive health care legislation using these numbers to decry its effect on the economy. Listen carefully, though, to those criticisms. With health care spending accounting for more than 17 percent of the gross domestic product in 2012, there is room for some shrinkage — maybe a lot.

Read Appelbaum’s full piece here: http://nyti.ms/1g8dMsa.