POL 536 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Durable Medical Equipment, Prescription Drug, Generic Drug
6 Feb 2018
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Hepatitis c, while slower use & intensity of services drove the slowdown in hospital care & physician & clinical services. From a payer perspective, spending growth for medicaid, private health insurance, & medicaid slowed in 2016: this was due to decelerating enrollment growth. Spending for retail prescription drugs slowed, partly due to lower spending on drugs to treat. In 2016, growth in use & intensity slowed, but still above the average growth during 2008 13 & slightly lower than the pre-recession average annual growth. In 2016, the federal government & households accounted for most health care spending, followed by private businesses, state & local governments, & other private revenues. Medicaid funding, which fully financed newly eligible adults under the aca. In 2013, federal medicaid payments were 34% of total federal government expenditures on health; in 2014 37%, & in 2015 & 2016 38%
