Why health care spending is an ever-growing part of GDP

National spending on health care will surpass 20% of GDP by 2033, up from 17.6% in 2023, according to new government estimates. Read More

Health care spending reaches two-decade high

According to an AMA policy report on health spending trends, health care spending grew by 7.5% in 2023, significantly above growth rates of 4.6% in 2022, 4.2% in 2021 and 4.4% in 2019. Read More

Health Care Up as Insurers Gain -- Health Care Roundup

Health-care companies rose sharply amid hopes that insurers' revenue would not be significantly altered by the tax-and-spending bill that passed the Senate. Health insurers such as UnitedHealth Group, ... Read More

Mental health spending in U.S. has skyrocketed since start of pandemic

A new study found that spending on mental health services rose 53.7% between March 2020 and August 2022 in a large group of people with employer-provided insurance. Read More

National health spending reached $4.3 trillion in 2021

National health spending grew almost 3% in 2021, reaching $4.3 trillion as big increases in healthcare use and insurance coverage were offset by lower government spending on COVID-19. Read More

Ahead Of Print: National Health Spending In 2022

The slowdown in personal health care spending was due to slower growth in spending for hospital care (from 4.5 percent in 2021 to 2.2 percent in 2022), dental services (from 18.2 percent in 2021 ... Read More

A Road Map For Action On Health Care Spending And Value: Part II – Price Regulation And Supports For Competition

This is the second in a four-part series on the Health Affairs Council on Health Care Spending and Value’s February 2023 report, “A Road Map for Action.”Each piece details one of the four ... Read More

Why health care costs more in America in 2024 - USA TODAY

But it’s hard to blame any one sector of health care for the runup in spending. In the 1970s, spending by hospitals grew at a faster rate than other sectors, according to a KFF analysis . Read More

A Road Map For Action On Health Care Spending And Value: Part I – Administrative Waste And Inefficiencies

On February 3rd, the Health Affairs Council on Health Care Spending and Value released its report, "A Road Map for Action." Here, we our Council recommendations on administrative spending and waste. Read More

NY health care costs, spending have skyrocketed, report says - The Journal News or lohud.com

Why NY health care spending, costs have skyrocketed. Decades of health care deregulation and consolidation contributed to New York's health care system being defined by its "unaffordability, lack ... Read More

How Will Health Care In The U.S. Change After The Pandemic? : Shots - Health News - NPR

How Will Health Care In The U.S. Change After The ... one-third of U.S. adults now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, ... can do often comes down to what we can charge insurance companies ... Read More

Opinion | I Studied Five Countries’ Health Care Systems. We Need to Get More Creative With Ours. (Published 2023) - The New York Times

It’s possible, though, because the government is only spending about 5 percent of G.D.P. on health care. This leaves a fair amount available for other social policies, such as housing. Read More