U.S. healthcare spending totaled $4.3 trillion in 2021, an increase of just 2.7% from a year earlier as COVID-19 relief funding waned, actuaries from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...
A new CMS analysis estimated U.S. healthcare spending increased by 2.7 percent to $4.3 trillion in 2021, Health Affairs reported Dec. 14. 1. The growth rate was markedly slower than both 2020’s ...