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https://policyoptions.irpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Deal-with-doctors.jpg2000700The only period of sustained spending restraint in the medicare era lasted for four years, ending in 1997. In that time, real per capita public sector spending on health care declined by about 1 percent per year, compared with the historical growth rate of about 3 percent. The effect? Morale was down, wait times were […]