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Diseases are often referred to as epidemics, but health care costs now fall into that category. Millions of Americans aren’t covered by insurance -- because they can’t afford it, or their employer can’t afford to offer it.

Health care spending is expected to double to $4 trillion by 2016 and consume almost 20 cents of every dollar spent, according to the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Consumers’ out-of-pocket spending on health care could be as high as $440 billion by 2016.

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Page 1 Insurance Page 2 Sound solutions: Middle class health care
Page 3 Wal-Mart expands $4 drug program Page 4 Company ties income to health score

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