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title: "4 Health Spending Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“early cross-country studies generally reported weak evidence of a health spending effect on mortality indicators, whereas socioeconomic factors—especially income—often proved to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-lancet/early-cross-country-studies-generally-reported-weak-evidence-of-a/)

[The Lancet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-lancet/)

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> [“Not included as health spending are expenditures for social services and economic well-being that contribute to health,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-h-bradley/not-included-as-health-spending-are-expenditures-for-social-services/)

[Elizabeth H. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-h-bradley/)

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> [We do not see the sort of fundamental changes that would be necessary to reduce the trajectory of federal health spending by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-elmendorf/we-do-not-see-the-sort-of-fundamental-changes-that-would-be-necessary/)

[Doug Elmendorf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-elmendorf/)

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> [“According to a recent report drafted by thirty-nine physicians from the Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) and endorsed by some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/according-to-a-recent-report-drafted-by-thirty-nine-physicians-from/)

[Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/)

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