Medicare Actuaries Predict U.S. Healthcare Spending Will Hit $6 Trillion by 2027

摘要

National health expenditure growth is expected to average 5.5 percent annually from 2018 to 2027, reaching nearly $6 trillion by 2027, according to a recent report published by the independent Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The report projects the health share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to rise from 17.9 percent in 2017 to 19.4 percent by 2027, as growth in national health spending is projected to be faster than projected growth in GDP by 0.8 percentage points over the same period.