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A new national report shows huge increases in health care costs nationwide.  Americans spent 8.7 percent more on health care in 2001 -- the biggest jump in a decade.  Prices surged for everything from prescription drugs to hospital stays.  The report, issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, says that the nation's health care budget totaled $1.4 trillion in 2001.  Why is this happening?  And what are the possible solutions?

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