Weekly Checkup No. 016: Is Slower Growth for Health Spending in 2010 a Good Sign?

CMS released the National Health Expenditure Data from 2010 this week and results show that growth in health spending was much lower than pre-recession levels. In 2010, health spending grew only 3.9 percent. The National Health Expenditure Accounts has been collecting and analyzing health spending data for over 50 years, and the lowest growth on record occurred in 2009 and 2010. Is this cause for celebration? 

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