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> "From 2002 to 2016, total billed charges by hospitals rose by a staggering $263 billion, to $386 billion.." The Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) went into
by caseysoftware 8y ago
> "From 2002 to 2016, total billed charges by hospitals rose by a staggering $263 billion, to $386 billion.."
The Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) went into effect for the final third of that which was a major upheaval in the health insurance system. I'd love to see this broken down by 2002-2010 and 2010-2016 compared.
Glossing over that period without any distinction seems like playing fast and loose with the facts when it could be important.
- ddebernardy 8y agoSome data points here: https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/u-s-spending-healthcare-changed-time/ https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/u-s-spe... The salient bit is this: the health spending growth rate has slowed since 2010, to slightly above the economy's growth rate. During the 2000s, by contrast, health spending grew a bit over twice as fast as the economy as a whole.
- caseysoftware 8y agoWhile interesting, it's unrelated - "total billed charges" as used in the article is not the same as the health spending.