Everyone but Uncle Sam spent more for health care in 2021
National health spending rose 2.7 percent in 2021 to an estimated $4.3 trillion, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today. The increase was modest compared with a 10.7 percent increase in the gross domestic product. It was mainly the result of a 3.5 percent drop in federal spending, following a 36.7 percent rise in 2020, as pan…
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