President-elect Obama offered a concrete proposal to save the typical family $2,500 on medical expenditures. Measuring progress towards that goal requires statistics the federal government does not currently calculate. In addition to providing new measures, the federal government should help those who have health insurance through employers understand just how much that coverage costs.
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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)