Government Will Have to Pay for 1/2 of all Health Care Costs By 2020

Posted on July 29, 2011 at 2:43 pm, by

A new government report estimates that, ”Total health care spending is expected to nearly double to $4.6 trillion in 2020, from $2.6 trillion in 2010. Health care spending per capita is forecast to increase to $13,708 in 2020 from $8,327 in 2010.”

These kinds of estimations are made annually, but this is the first report that attempted to estimate the future costs of health reform.

Articles here, here and here.

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Nicole Fisher is a current PhD candidate at the University of North Carolina in the Health Policy and Management Department. She also currently writes health care policy for the John Locke Foundation. Before joining the Locke Foundation she worked on several Senate and House campaigns and carried out health care research with an emphasis on women and children's issues. She also sits on several Boards for health related nonprofit organizations in North Carolina and Illinois. Before pursuing her PhD in health policy Nicole obtained her Masters degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago and her undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri. Follow @nic_fisher or Email: fisher@johnlocke.org

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