Keywords: USA, Heaklth care spending, CMS, Prescription drugs, Medicare, Medicaid

US health spending estimated at $2,500 billion and 17.3% of GDP In 2009

Article | 5 February 2010

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In the wake of apparently stalled American health care reform, according to annual government projections released yesterday, US health care spending is expected to have reached $2,500 billion in 2009 - an estimated 5.7% increase since 2008, despite a projected decline in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the same period.

Moreover, according to figures from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published in the journal Health Services, health-care spending in the U.S. Enjoying this article? To continue reading you need to login, take a FREE trial or subscribe.