Reports: Increases in Health Care Spending, Prices Slowing
Between May 2011 and May 2012, U.S. health care spending grew at a rate of 3.8%, according to a recent report by the Altarum Institute. A separate report found that health care prices between May 2011 and May 2012 increased by just 2%, marking the lowest price growth since January 1999.
- "Health Care Price Spikes Remain Low" (Payers & Providers, 7/19).