Healthcare DIVE September 20, 2018
Dive Brief:
Healthcare spending for employer-sponsored insurance increased by 44% over the past decade, the Health Care Cost Institute estimated in a new report published Wednesday in Health Affairs.
Spending increased from $3,752 per person in 2007 to $5,394 per person in 2016, according to the report.
HHCI said healthcare spending slowed during the recession, but legislative and policy changes accelerated spending in 2015 and 2016 and spurred growth rates closer to pre-recession levels.
Healthcare expenditures are expected to grow to nearly 20% of U.S. gross domestic product in a decade. With more than half of Americans...
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