As a nation, the U.S .spent nearly $2.6 trillion on health care in 2010. Who’s picking up the tab? Here’s the percent paid by the public and private sectors:
Private sector total: 55.1%
- Business: 20.6%
- Household: 28.0 %
- Other: 6.6%
Public sector total : 44.9%
- Federal government: 28.6%
- State/local government: 16.2%
Source: Martin AB and others [Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services]. Growth in US health spending remained slow in 2010; health share of gross domestic product was unchanged from 2009. Health Affairs, Jan. 2012. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/31/1/208.abstract
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Filed under: Health expenditures, Posted by Diana Culbertson | Tagged: government share of health care expenditures, private vs public health financing |
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