"At the rate we're going,we are expected to spend one-fifth of our economy on health care within a decade.

VOA: special.2009.05.15

The general view is that if it's not extreme the rise is not too extreme it's good for the health of the economy as long as we don't have inflation that's too high.

一般的观点是如果它不极端,价格提升不太严重的话,只要我们没有太高的通货膨胀,它就对经济有好处。

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But health spending has rocketed over the past generation to about seventeen percent of the economy.

VOA: special.2009.05.15

Health care spending represents nearly seventeen percent of the economy.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

Health care is one-sixth of the economy.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

That is not sustainable. It poses a threat to the basic health of our economy."

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

The president says the cost of failing to reform health care would devastate the U.S.economy.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

However,since stepping into office last January, Mr.Obama's agenda has been overwhelmed by the issue of health care reform, the economy and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

The Federal Reserve says the U.S.economy is tied to the health of economies overseas, noting that exports have decreased as major trading partners have also fallen into recession.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

Mr.Orban adds that his government faces the task of "changing the constitution, saving the health care system, restoring public order and putting the economy back onto its feet."

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

"The cost of our health care is a threat to our economy,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

Representative Candace Miller was among a succession of Republicans conducting the equivalent of a filibuster Tuesday in the House, assailing the health care proposal and the president's handling of the economy.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

Tea Party sympathizers oppose government interference in health care and in other areas of the economy, and they fear the Democratic-led Congress is spending too much and increasing the national debt.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

(OMITTED) Remais,an assistant professor at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta, He says the growing economy is fueling environmental risks such as air pollution and chemical toxins, while age-old environmental challenges remain.

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

In 2007,expenditures on health care totaled about one-sixth of the entire U.S.economy, and even top congressional leaders acknowledge that attempting to rein in health-care costs while at the same time expanding health-insurance coverage is a daunting task.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

And it may not be easy, but change is coming." After criticism from Republicans and some Democrats that he was concentrating too much on health care reform and not enough on the economy, Mr.Obama has devoted many of his recent public statements to economic issues.

VOA: standard.2010.02.06