Fierce Healthcare July 19, 2018
Growth in private spending was driven almost entirely by higher prices, as well as increased utilization and intensity, according to the report
Growth in spending on privately insured patients drove much of the increase in healthcare spending in the U.S. in 2017 and the first part of 2018.
That’s according to a report released Thursday by Altarum Institute, which said spending on the privately insured accelerated compared to those covered by Medicaid and Medicare in the last year and a half despite low growth in enrollment in private insurance.
To be clear, spending on Medicare and adult Medicaid enrollees is still higher than spending per enrollee in private health plans. But it’s a shift from just a few years ago,...
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