February 14, 2007 5:52PM 

# How Much Excess Health Care Spending Would You Like? Would $477 Billion Suffice? 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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Steve Pearlstein has [an illuminating column on U.S. health care spending](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/13/AR2007021301149.html) in today’s *Washington Post*. The article is based on a [study](http://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/rp/healthcare/accounting_cost_healthcare.asp) recently released by the McKinsey Global Institute.

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[General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Health Care](https://www.cato.org/health-care), [Tax and Budget Policy](https://www.cato.org/tax-budget-policy) 

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