In the United States, higher demand and higher health-care costs can be attributed, in part, to subsidies and tax benefits, end-of-life care, defensive medicine, and:

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Health insurance can lead to higher demand and costs due to moral hazard, where insured individuals consume more healthcare services than necessary because they do not bear the full cost.

In the United States, Higher Demand and Higher Health-Care Costs