Ahead-Of-Print: National Health Care Spending In 2021
A new analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) was released ahead-of-print today. Anne Martin and coauthors estimate that in 2021 health care spending in the United States increased 2.7 percent to $4.3 trillion, or $12,914 per person.
The authors'
findings indicate that health care spending growth in 2021 was much slower than growth in the nominal gross domestic product (GDP), which increased 10.7 percent.
Other findings from the article, which will be featured in the January 2023 issue of Health Affairs, include:
Growth in total health care spending in 2021 reflected increases in the use of health care goods and services and insurance coverage that were
accompanied by a decline in federal government health care spending.
Federal COVID-19 funding continued in 2021, but at a much lower level than in 2020.
The number of uninsured individuals declined for the second consecutive year, going from 31.2 million in 2020 to 28.5 million in 2021.
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