Sunday, April 3, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
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A new ahead-of-print article published this week features the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) annual projections of national health
expenditures.
John Poisal and colleagues estimate national health spending growth will moderate from 9.7 percent in 2020 to 4.2 percent in 2021 as COVID-19 impacts wane.
They expect the share of gross domestic product devoted to health to decline from 19.7 percent in 2020 to just over 18 percent in the 2022–24 period.
"Although a normalization of health spending and the economy underlie this projection, only time will tell how normal the next decade is," Poisal and colleagues conclude.
For additional context on national health care spending, revisit the national health expenditures report by Micah Hartman and colleagues, which reveals a nearly 10 percent increase in health spending in 2020 due almost entirely to growing
federal expenditures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Community Part 1 - Mental Health Meets
Primary Care
Sania Ali and Avni Kulkarni interview two members of the Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) Task Force about the current state of our mental health care system and policy solutions.
This week in Health Affairs Forefront, authors covered topics including national expenditure projections, ACA Marketplace enrollment, and emergency boarding.
In evaluating the national expenditure projections, George Miller and coauthors explain that the longest-lasting financial impacts of the pandemic may be accelerations of shifts that were already underway.
Michael Chernew adds to the topic by arguing for policy changes that can improve the value of health care dollars that are spent.
Katie Keith examines the impact of enhanced subsidies under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and the continued importance of Marketplace coverage during the pandemic.
Seth Berkowitz Puts A Figure To Social Determinant Health Spending
Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview Seth Berkowitz from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine about social determinants of health benefit programs, health spending, and non-emergency medical transportation.
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