Number: RL34295
Title: Spending by Consumers on Health Care and Health Insurance: A Data Brief
Authors: Jennifer Jenson, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: The data in this report reflect direct spending by consumers on health care. They do not include spending by employers for employee health benefits, even though consumers may pay indirectly for such benefits through lower wages. Similarly, the data presented here do not include government spending for health care programs, even though consumers help pay for government benefits through income and employment taxes.
Pages: 11
Date: December 21, 2007