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Growth rate remains low for US health spending
The overall cost of health care in the United States grew 3.7% in 2012, which was more slowly than the economy, and marked the fourth consecutive year of low growth, according to CMS.Helping drive the trend was slower growth in expenditures for prescription drugs, nursing homes, private health insurance and Medicare. According to a CMS report, the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, “contributed to the slow growth for the Medicare program in 2012, but had a limited impact on overall spending as reforms were still being implemented in (Read more...)