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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

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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

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U.S. Health Spending Projected To Grow 5.8 Percent Annually

All health care spending in the United States is projected to grow at an annual average rate of 5.8 percent for the period 2010 through 2020, 1.1 percentage points faster than expected growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP). By 2020, health care spending...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2011 6:48 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Insurance, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Coverage, Hospitals, Medicaid
The Health Care Reform Reconciliation Bill

The House began its last step in the health reform legislative process early in the afternoon of Thursday, March 18, when it released HR 4872, the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010. As this year’s health reform legislation...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2010 11:11 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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Recession Slowed Health Spending Growth, CMS Analysts Say In Health Affairs

Amid one of the worst economic recessions in recent history, U.S. health spending grew 4.4 percent in 2008, its slowest rate in nearly 50 years. However, overall health spending, which reached $2.3 trillion in 2008 — $7,681 per person — still...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2010 9:43 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

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

U.S. Health Spending Projected To Grow 5.8 Percent Annually

The Health Care Reform Reconciliation Bill

Recession Slowed Health Spending Growth, CMS Analysts Say In Health Affairs