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094342 1 (1979-09-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacuif0001 and id is 1 raw text is: REMARKS OF ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE REGULATORY AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS SOCIETY WASHINGTON, D.C. SEPTEMBER 6, 1979 THE ROLE OF GAO IN THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS TO OUR HEALTH CARE PROBLEMS If I were to ask for your views as to the most important health care issue today, I am confident most of you would point to the rising cost of health care. I am equally sure that we would agree that such issues as quality of care, accessibility to care, long-term care for the elderly, health planning, over- regulation of the health care industry, and lack of emphasis on preventive medi-ine are also critical. None of these is new nor is any likely to be resolved in the near future. In 1978 total health care expenditures in the United States increased to nearly $180 billion. As a percentage of the gross national product, health care now approaches 9 percent. Federal spending for health programs will total about $63.4 billion in fiscal year 1979, an increase of $6.5 billion, or 11.4 percent, over the previous year. The share of :he Federal budget spent on health will rise to 12.7 percent in fiscal year 1979, up up from 12.3 percent in fiscal year 1978, and up from 9.2 , * '4 *1

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