National Health Care Expenditures Grew Steadily in 2019

Total U.S. health care spending increased 4.6% to reach $3.8 trillion in 2019, according to CMS’s Office of the Actuary. Medicare spending experienced a higher growth rate in 2019 than in 2018, increasing by 6.7% compared with 6.3%. Meanwhile, private health insurance spending growth slowed from 5.6% in 2018 to 3.7% in 2019. The relatively stable rise in overall health care expenditures reflected faster growth in spending for hospital care, physician and clinical services, and retail prescription drugs, which was offset by a decline in the net cost of health insurance due to a suspension of the health insurance tax in 2019.

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