Medicare Spending: A Look at Current, Short-term, and Long-term Trends
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Visualizing Health Policy: Medicare Spending: A Look at Present, Short-Term and Long-Term Trends
Other PostThis Visualizing Health Policy infographic with the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) provides an overview of Medicare spending trends in the present, short term and long term. In the long term, Medicare spending as a share of the economy is projected to grow, and Medicare is projected to lack sufficient funds to pay all hospital bills beginning in 2030.
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New Kaiser/New York Times/CBS News Poll Looks at Experiences of Americans Who are Not Employed and What It Would Take to Get Them Back to Work
News ReleaseMost Americans in prime working age who aren't currently employed hope to return to work in the future, though family responsibilities, health issues and a lack of good jobs pose significant challenges, finds a new survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, The New York Times and CBS News. Rather than focusing only on those who meet the official government definition of unemployment, this survey takes a broad look at all adults of prime working age…
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Kaiser Family Foundation/New York Times/CBS News Non-Employed Poll
Poll FindingTo help shed light on recent trends in the U.S. employment market, the Kaiser Family Foundation partnered with the New York Times and CBS News to conduct a survey of adults between the ages of 25-54 (generally considered to be prime working age) who are not currently employed. Rather than focusing only on those who meet the official government definition of unemployment, this survey takes a broad look at all prime-age adults who are not…
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What is behind the recent slowdown in health spending?
FeatureThis slideshow charts the recent slowdown in health spending in the United States and other industrialized nations. Some possible causes include economic factors and structural changes to the U.S. health system, such as higher cost sharing in private health insurance and lower payments to providers by Medicare and other public programs.
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The Role of Medicaid in State Economies and the ACA
Issue BriefThis brief summarizes findings from 32 studies in 26 states analyzing the anticipated impact of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion (and in some cases full ACA implementation) on state and local economies.
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Historical and Projected Average Annual Growth Rate in Medicare Spending Per Capita and Other Measures
FeatureHistorical and Projected Average Annual Growth Rate in Medicare Spending Per Capita and Other Measures Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of data from Boards of Trustees, Congressional Budget Office, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Census Bureau.
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We Still Have a Health-Care Spending Problem
From Drew AltmanDrew Altman, President and CEO of the Foundation, and Larry Levitt, Senior Vice President, co-authored a Washington Post op-ed that examined how the economy affects the nation’s health spending. It concludes that the record slow growth rate of recent years stems largely from economic factors beyond the health system, with the economy explaining 77 percent of the slowdown, and more rapid growth expected in coming years if the economy strengthens as expected. The op-ed was based…
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Assessing the Effects of the Economy on the Recent Slowdown in Health Spending
Issue BriefIntroduction Health spending has been growing at historically low levels in recent years. The Office of the Actuary (OACT) in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reports that national health spending grew by 3.9% each year from 2009 to 2011, the lowest rate of growth since the federal government began keeping such statistics in 1960. Estimates from the Center for Sustainable Health Spending at the Altarum Institute suggest that the slowdown largely continued into 2012, with health spending…
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Study Finds Recent Slowdown in Health Spending Growth Mostly Tied to the Economy
News ReleaseGrowth Expected To Move Towards Historical Levels In Coming Years As the Economy Recovers A new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of how the economy affects the nation’s health spending concludes that the record slow growth rate of recent years stems largely from economic factors beyond the health system, with the economy explaining 77 percent of the slowdown, and more rapid growth expected in coming years if the economy strengthens as expected. Based on statistical modeling…