Becker's Healthcare February 13, 2020
Total healthcare spending climbed from 2014-18, and prices were the biggest driver of that increase, according to a new analysis from the Health Care Cost Institute.
For the report, HCCI studied 2.5 billion medical claims for people with health coverage through their employer. Claims came from national insurers like UnitedHealthcare, Humana, CVS-Health Aetna and Kaiser Permanente.
Eleven statistics from the report:
Spending
1. Between 2014-18, total spending per person increased by 18.4 percent from $4,978 to $5,892.
2. Adjusting for inflation, spending grew by $610 per person from 2014-18, with higher prices for medical services driving three-quarters of the spending increase.
Analysis: Niall Brennan, president and CEO of HCCI, told reporters on a Feb. 13 call that “I don’t think...
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