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What Is Behind The Post-Recession Bend In The Health Care Cost Curve?

It has been a while since I last had the opportunity to analyze the slowdown in health spending and the extent to which it represents a lasting bend in the cost curve, as opposed to lingering effects of the “Great Recession or other temporary changes...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2015 8:17 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Public Health, Consumers, Payment, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Pharma, Hospitals, Health Care Delivery, Dental Care

Health Affairs Web First: National Health Spending In 2013 Continued Pattern Of Low Growth

A new analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates that in 2013 health care spending in the United States grew at a rate of 3.6 percent in 2013 to $2.9 trillion, or $9,255 per person. The increase...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2014 1:10 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Insurance, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Pharma, Hospitals

The $500 Billion Medicare Slowdown: A Story About Part D

A great deal of analysis has been published on the causes of the health care spending slowdown system-wide -- including in the pages of Health Affairs . Much attention in particular has focused on the remarkable slowdown in Medicare spending over the...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2014 11:14 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Pharma, Hospitals

Projected Slow Growth In 2013 Health Spending Ahead Of Future Increases

Insurance Coverage, Population Aging, and Economic Growth Are Main Drivers of Projected Future Health Spending Increases New estimates released today from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services project a slow 3.6 percent...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2014 1:01 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Insurance, Payment, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Pharma, Hospitals, Medicaid

To Pay For Medicare SGR Repeal, Build On Bipartisan Health Care Policy

Something unexpected is happening in Washington. As most eyes track partisan battles over immigration and the Affordable Care Act, key Congressional committees have been quietly advancing truly bipartisan legislation to strengthen Medicare. Since 2002...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2014 7:54 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Politics, Payment, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Pharma, Hospitals, Patient Safety

US Health Spending Growth Projected To Average 5.8 Percent Annually Through 2022

New estimates released today from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) project that aggregate health care spending in the United States will grow at an average annual rate of 5.8 percent for 2012–22, or 1.0...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2013 1:06 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Spending, Medicare, Pharma, Hospitals, Medicaid

Where Is Health Spending Headed? Some Reactions To The CMS Report

For the third year in a row, national health spending in 2011 grew less than 4 percent, according to the CMS Office of the Actuary. However, the report said modest rebounds in pharmaceutical spending and physician visits pointed toward an acceleration...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2013 9:15 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, Physicians, Health Care Costs, States, Spending, Medicare, Competition, Access, Pharma, Hospitals, Medicaid

New Health Affairs: Health Spending Growth Remained Low In 2011

A new analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), released today in the January 2013 issue of Health Affairs , estimates that health care spending in the United States grew at a rate of 3.9 percent...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2013 1:02 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Insurance, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Pharma, Hospitals, Medicaid

Slow Growth In Health Spending And Utilization Continues

An extraordinary slowing of the growth in use of health care goods and services contributed to a second year of slow health spending growth in 2010, federal analysts reported in the January issue of Health Affairs. Persistently high unemployment, a substantial...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2012 1:22 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Physicians, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Spending, Medicare, Pharma, Hospitals, Medicaid

A Brief History Of Health Spending Since 1965

Since last March when we began tracking national health expenditures (NHE) on a monthly basis, we have been wondering when the health spending share of GDP would hit the 18 percent threshold. The recent downward revision of historical GDP estimates has...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2011 7:39 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Pharma, Hospitals

2009 U.S. Health Spending Estimated At $2.5 Trillion

According to annual government projections published today in Health Affairs, U.S. health care spending is expected to have reached $2.5 trillion in 2009—up an estimated 5.7 percent since 2008 despite a projected decline in the gross domestic product...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2010 8:02 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Pharma, Hospitals, Medicaid

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