healthcare spending News

Growth in U.S. Healthcare Spending Slowed in 2016: CMS

In 2016, overall growth in national spending on healthcare slowed in 2016, increasing 4.3 percent following 5.8 percent growth in 2015, according to a report by actuaries with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Following Affordable Care Act …

Insurers, Hospitals Enjoying Benefits of Obamacare

Even as Obamacare continues to be attacked by foes and challenged in court, hospital chains and insurers are making more money, more patients using emergency rooms are paying for their care, and the country as a whole is enjoying slower …

Fundamental Changes Spur Health Spending Dip: Study

Slower growth in the pace of U.S. healthcare spending reflects a fundamental change in the use of medical services that could save the country nearly $800 billion in the next decade, according to two new studies released on Monday. The …