Comments on: U.S. Health Spending Projected To Grow 5.8 Percent Annually

By: Weighing Down the U.S. Economy

Weighing Down the U.S. Economy — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 21:34:38 +0000

[...] is not only a concern for private healthcare insurance holders. Medicare and Medicaid picked up $61.8 billion of these costs. In the absence of obesity, these programs would reduce their expenditures by [...]

By: Friday Facts: July 29th, 2011 | Georgia Public Policy Foundation

Friday Facts: July 29th, 2011 | Georgia Public Policy Foundation — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:30:11 +0000

[...] care – Bill coming due: Government – aka American taxpayers – will foot the bill for half of all the nation’s health care costs by 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reports. That’s up from 44 percent [...]

By: Benefits: It’s More Than Just Icing On The Cake

Benefits: It’s More Than Just Icing On The Cake — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:00:39 +0000

[...] almost as much as food, clothing, and national defense combined – and is expected to reach $4.6 trillion in 2020. In fact, if our current health care system were its on country, it would be the 7th largest [...]

By: Government Programs, a Shift from Compliance to Market Share and the Role of the GP Professional

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:46:05 +0000

[...] http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2011/07/28/u-s-health-spending-projected-to-grow-5-8-percent-annually/ [...]

By: Happy Birthday, Medicaid!

Happy Birthday, Medicaid! — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 07:26:28 +0000

[...] the future, according to a new Health Affairs article by Keehan et al. (exhibits 5 and 6, see also blog post), where absolute Medicaid growth outpaced Medicare, but absolute growth of the entire system was [...]