The U.S.health care economy is massive and expensive The U.S.GDP in 2008 was approximately $14 trillion. One out of every six dollars spent in the U.S.that year was spent on health care. In 1960,barely one dollar out of every twenty spent in the U.S.went toward health care. The trend has been similar in countries around the world,but no country spends quite as much on health care as the U.S. What do we get for all this money? Bhattacharya,Hyde and Tu-HealthEconomicsBhattacharya, Hyde and Tu – Health Economics The U.S. health care economy is massive and expensive  The U.S. GDP in 2008 was approximately $14 trillion.  One out of every six dollars spent in the U.S. that year was spent on health care.  In 1960, barely one dollar out of every twenty spent in the U.S. went toward health care.  The trend has been similar in countries around the world, but no country spends quite as much on health care as the U.S.  What do we get for all this money?