4sight Health January 15, 2025
As a journalist, I love projections, estimates, predictions and speculation. They all make good stories. But what I love even more as a journalist are facts. Give me the facts so I can tell you the truth. Despite what Cheeto Jesus and his handlers say, there are no alternative facts. There is no alternative truth. It is what it is, as I like to say at the poker table after I lose another hand.
That’s why I like CMS’s annual release of National Health Expenditure (NHE) data. Historical, which CMS released in December, not projected, which CMS released last September.
At the bottom of one of the historic NHE tables, CMS reports how many people are enrolled in Medicare, and...
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