Study: Costs would rise under House health bill Nov 15, 2009
The same report "estimates that our bill will cover 10 percent more of the population with less than a 1.3 percent increase in national health expenditures that illustrates a bending of the cost curve," he added. Obama and congressional Democrats have said one of their goals is to slow the growth of health-care costs nationally. (AZCentral -- News)
In China, too, Health Care in Disarray Oct 30, 2009
Nonetheless, according to Health Ministry statistics, out-of-pocket expenses dramatically outpaced increases in per capita income and national health expenditures. According to the World Bank, 71 percent of Chinese had access to state health facilities in 1981; 12 years later, the figure was 21 percent. (CBS News -- US)
Health Insurers Are Now Obama's Enemy Oct 15, 2009
"We can't assess the effects on national health expenditures," he said. "There are so many conflicting forces we have not been able to assess the effect on premiums.". (CBS News -- US)
'Historic' Health Care Plan? We'll Believe It When We See It, Some Say May 12, 2009
A senior administration official had made it clear Sunday that the CBO does not analyze the impact on national health expenditures. "I would not anticipate that CBO will be 'scoring' the statement or the event that is occurring tomorrow, in part because CBO traditionally does not evaluate or does not score impacts on national health expenditures, but as you look out over a long period of time, the impact on national health expenditures is absolutely crucial to achieving long-term fiscal savings... (ABC News)
Obama Launching Health Care Cost-Cutting Initiative May 12, 2009
In 2019 alone, it would reduce national health expenditures by 3 percent of GDP, or almost $700 billion a huge amount of money that, again, could be invested in education, in assistance to the elderly, in other priorities, said one senior administration official in a Sunday conference call with reporters. The savings, the administration official said, would virtually eliminate the nation s long-term fiscal gap, which is a measure of long-term deficits. (Roll Call)
Actuaries: Addressing Health Spending Growth is Path to Sustainable Health Care System May 12, 2009
She said that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services projects the growth of national health expenditures to average 6. 2 percent annually through the next decade, far exceeding both inflation and overall economic growth. (PR Newswire)
