To them, more medical spending is proof that Obamacare is working: more people are getting health insurance, so they're using more medical care.
Most of the data – both from the federal government and private research firms – shows that health care costs are rising because people are using more medical services. At the same time, health care prices – how much a hospital charges for a knee replacement, for example, or an MRI – are growing slowly." - White House: More health spending means Obamacare is working, vox.com, 04/30/2014
Link to the entire article appears below:
http://www.vox.com/2014/4/30/5668646/the-upside-of-faster-health-care-growth
