Medicare Spending and Private Health Insurance Premiums: Trends from 1970 to 2012
This report analyzes the growth in per-enrollee Medicare spending and private health insurance premiums from 1970 to 2012. It includes data on common benefits such as hospital services, physician services, and durable medical products, while excluding others like prescription drugs and nursing home care. The findings, based on calculations from the Kaiser Family Foundation using National Health Expenditures data, reveal critical insights into the escalating costs associated with healthcare and insurance for enrollees over more than four decades.
Medicare Spending and Private Health Insurance Premiums: Trends from 1970 to 2012
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Per Enrollee Growth in Medicare Spending and Private Health Insurance Premiums (for Common Benefits), 1970-2012 NOTE: Per enrollee includes primary policy-holder plus dependents. Common benefits include hospital services, physician and clinical services, other professional services, and durable medical products; they exclude, for example, prescription drugs, home health care, non-durable medical products, and nursing home care. SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation calculations using NHE data from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group, at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/ (see Historical; NHE Web tables, Table 21).