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Chapter 2.3, Problem 11AYU

Health Care Expenditures The following data represent health care expenditures per capita (per person) and as a percentage of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) from 2003 to 2012. Gross domestic product is the total value of all goods and services created during the course of the year.

Health Care
Year	per Capita	as a percent of GDP
2003	11,512	15.4
2004	12,277	15.5
2005	13,095	15.5
2006	13,858	15.6
2007	14,480	15.9
2008	14,720	16.4
2009	14,418	17.4
2010	14,958	17.4
2011	15,534	17.3
2012	16,245	17.2
Source: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary

a. Construct a time-series plot that a politician would create to support the position that health care expenditures are increasing and must be slowed.
b. Construct a time-series plot that the health care industry would create to refute the opinion of the politician. Is your graph convincing?
c. Explain how different measures may be used to support two completely different positions.

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