Hill December 5, 2019
The U.S. spent more than $1 trillion on hospitals in 2018, the largest percentage of all health spending, according to a new government analysis of health spending released Thursday.
The study from the nonpartisan actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) found $1.2 trillion, or 33 percent of health care spending in 2018, was on hospitals. Total health spending reached $3.6 trillion.
The new report comes as Congress, the Trump administration and 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are debating ways to lower how much money Americans have to pay for care.
In the Democratic fight over “Medicare for All” and in the push to lower health care costs in general, hospitals usually fly under the...
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