Comments on: Health Spending Slows, But Still Outpaces Economy Slowdown http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/01/06/health-spending-slows-but-still-outpaces-economy-slowdown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=health-spending-slows-but-still-outpaces-economy-slowdown The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere Thu, 24 May 2012 07:58:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Health Care BS http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/01/06/health-spending-slows-but-still-outpaces-economy-slowdown/comment-page-1/#comment-24222 Health Care BS Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:39:51 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/01/06/health-spending-slows-but-still-outpaces-economy-slowdown/#comment-24222 <strong>U.S. HEALTH SPENDING SLOWS … WHY?</strong> One of the pretexts that single-payer advocates use to justify their push for government-run health care is the cost. This is why they have been so quiet about recent reports showing that health care inflation is slowing. As the Health Affairs Blog... U.S. HEALTH SPENDING SLOWS … WHY?

One of the pretexts that single-payer advocates use to justify their push for government-run health care is the cost. This is why they have been so quiet about recent reports showing that health care inflation is slowing. As the Health Affairs Blog…

]]> By: Morning Health Reform News: January 7, 2009 - US Health Crisis http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/01/06/health-spending-slows-but-still-outpaces-economy-slowdown/comment-page-1/#comment-24197 Morning Health Reform News: January 7, 2009 - US Health Crisis Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:19:40 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/01/06/health-spending-slows-but-still-outpaces-economy-slowdown/#comment-24197 [...] Health Spending Slows, But Still Outpaces Economy Slowdown Health care and the economy. Health spending growth overall outpaced the slowing economy and consumed a larger portion of gross domestic product in 2007, reaching 16.2 percent, up from 16 percent in 2006. Although prescription drug spending slowed significantly in 2007, reaching its lowest rate of growth in 45 years, most other health care services grew at about the same rate or faster from 2006 to 2007, the government said. Writing in today’s New York Times, Robert Pear noted: “In recessions, when the economy contracts, health spending usually continues to increase. So federal economists and statisticians said that health spending probably accounted for an even larger share of the nation’s economic output in 2008.” [...] [...] Health Spending Slows, But Still Outpaces Economy Slowdown Health care and the economy. Health spending growth overall outpaced the slowing economy and consumed a larger portion of gross domestic product in 2007, reaching 16.2 percent, up from 16 percent in 2006. Although prescription drug spending slowed significantly in 2007, reaching its lowest rate of growth in 45 years, most other health care services grew at about the same rate or faster from 2006 to 2007, the government said. Writing in today’s New York Times, Robert Pear noted: “In recessions, when the economy contracts, health spending usually continues to increase. So federal economists and statisticians said that health spending probably accounted for an even larger share of the nation’s economic output in 2008.” [...]

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