RECENTLY the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reported on healthcare spending for 2008. The noteworthy finding was that the rate of increase in health spending fell to 4.4% for 2008. This is the lowest annual rate of increase in health spending since CMS first began officially tracking health expenditures in 1960. In its […]
- "Health Market Update"
Rate of Health Spend Increase in 2008 Was Lowest Since 1960
CMS report says a total of $2.3 trillion was spent on health during 2008, which is an increase of 4.4%
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XVII No. 2 - January 25, 2010 Issue
