The Health Care Cost in the United States 

Xia Lv

Urban Vocational College of Sichuan, Chengdu, 610101, China

Abstract: With the development of economy, the medical and health expenditure has expanded rapidly. the United States is the largest country in the world in medical and health expenditure, and its medical cost con-trol measures have some unique features. On the basis of introducing the causes of the excessive growth of medical expenses in the United States, this paper analyzes the successful experience of the managed competition, which is a measure of controlling medical expenses in the United States.

Keywords: American medical treatment; Expense expenditure; Measures