Becker's Healthcare June 7, 2023
Medicare spending per person grew by an average of 4.6 percent annually between 2000 and 2022, according to a June 6 analysis from KFF.
KFF analyzed data from the 2023 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds.
KFF said the “influx of the Baby Boomer Generation added many relatively younger, healthier people to the Medicare beginning in 2011,” while the share of adults aged 80 and older enrolled in the program also...