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Michael Olson

Are you seeing changes in the cost of your health care?

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Health care costs in U.S.
Early indications that the Affordable Care Act is starting to control health care inflation.

"Early signs suggest that US president Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is driving the cost of healthcare lower, according to Goldman Sachs analysts, spotlighting yesterday’s data on consumer spending and prices," Matt Phillips writes for Quartz.

While the Obamacare overhaul remains controversial in the US, budget geeks are nearly unanimous in spotlighting runaway health care costs as a long-term driver of the US national debt. And cross-country comparisons show that US health care spending is clearly out of line with international norms.

Today's Question: Are you seeing changes in the cost of your health care?