AXIOS June 13, 2024
Tina Reed

Growing demand for care, record levels of insured patients and swelling Medicare enrollment will drive up annual health care spending to $7.7 trillion by 2032, up from $4.8 trillion last year, according to new projections from federal actuaries.

Why it matters: Health care spending is projected to grow 5.6% per year over the course of a decade, outpacing expected annual inflation of 4.3%.

  • That will help grow health spending to nearly 20% of gross domestic product by 2032, up from 17.3% in 2022, according to the actuaries’ long-term outlook.
  • It’s projected that annual health spending grew 7.5% in 2023, up from 4.1% the previous year and reflecting the “broad increases in the use...

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