Whether you make a living by selling life insurance and annuities, developing comprehensive financial plans for the affluent, or giving institutions investment advice, the U.S. Senate's health finance policy fight is your fight, too.

The United States could generate about $19 trillion in gross domestic product this year and have $87 trillion in net wealth.

The country will spend about $3.5 trillion on health care. The federal government will allocate $1.2 trillion, or 29% of what it spends, for Medicare, Medicaid and other health care programs.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.