Obama Administration Officials Tout Slowing Growth of Health Care Costs, Credit ACA

Senior officials in the Obama administration in a blog post Tuesday wrote that health care cost growth has slowed in part because of the Affordable Care Act. The post, written by Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jason Furman and CEA Senior Economist Matt Fiedler, outlined various measurements indicating that health care costs and premiums are increasing at historically low rates.

• "White House: O-Care Has Cut Health Cost Growth" (Viebeck, The Hill, 5/27).