Health Affairs This Week | The Latest Trajectory of National Health Spending

Listen to Health Affairs' Ellen Bayer and Chris Fleming dissect the latest national health spending projections published this week from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Show Notes

A new ahead-of-print from Health Affairs features the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) annual projections of national health expenditures. John Poisal and colleagues estimate national health spending growth will moderate from 9.7 percent in 2020 to 4.2 percent in 2021 as COVID-19 impacts wane.

Listen to Health Affairs' Ellen Bayer and Chris Fleming dissect the latest national health spending projections on today's Health Affairs This Week.

Pre-order the April 2022 issue where the CMS report will be published in the Health Affairs journal.

Related Links:

National Health Expenditure Projections, 2021–30: Growth To Moderate As COVID-19 Impacts Wane (Health Affairs)
National Health Expenditures Post COVID: Hints Of A New Normal? (Health Affairs Forefront)
National Health Expenditure Projections And A Few Ways We Might Avoid Our Fate (Health Affairs Forefront)
National Health Care Spending In 2020: Growth Driven By Federal Spending In Response To The COVID-19 Pandemic (Health Affairs)

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Health Affairs This Week places listeners at the center of health policy’s proverbial water cooler. Join editors from Health Affairs, the leading journal of health policy research, and special guests as they discuss this week’s most pressing health policy news. All in 15 minutes or less.