Health care spending in the United States has been rising for decades. In 1960, the U.S. spent $27.2 billion on Healthcare; in 2019, national health expenditures grew 4.6% to $3.8 trillion, and accounted for 17.7% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Those numbers don’t reflect the added financial burdens that began in 2020, with the advent of COVID-19.