2015 Edition — Health Care Costs 101
November 2015
Katherine Wilson
Health Care Costs, Payment & Financing
With an increase of just 3.6% in 2013, the lowest growth rate in half a century, US spending on health care continued its slow growth, a trend that began in 2009. Health Care Costs 101: Reaching a Spending Plateau? details how much is spent on health care in the US, which services are purchased, and who pays.