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[Term] Bending the Curve [Why it matters] Both sides of the political aisle agree that health-care spending is growing at an unsustainable rate. A central goal of reform proposals is to "bend the curve" of spending  i.e., for citizens, insurance companies and the government to spend less money overall on medical care. One example of a reform proposal that could bend the curve is providing and funding more preventive care, which is cheaper than treating chronic diseases that develop when people don't get regular checkups. [What it is] 
Slowing the growth in health-care spending, which at its current rate would exceed 20% of the U.S. gross domestic product by 2018.
Understanding the Health-Care Debate: Your Indispensable Guide-TIME
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