One third of Americans have been forced to make cut backs in order to afford healthcare. That's according to research by the West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare.According to Gallup (Ellyn Maese, "One-Third of Americans Cut Back to Cover Healthcare Expenses," Gallup, March 12, 2026):"In a nationally and state-representative survey of nearly 20,000 U.S. adults conducted from June through August 2025, roughly one-third of respondents — the equivalent of more than 82 million Americans — said they have made at least one trade-off with daily living expenses to afford healthcare."These financial trade-offs are far more common among Americans who do not…
US Health Care Spending Rose More Than 7 Percent In 2024
National health care spending in the US rose by 7.2% in 2024, according to research published in the journal Health Affairs (Hartman M, Martin AB, Lassman D, Catlin A; National Health Expenditure Accounts Team. National Health Care Spending Increased 7.2 Percent In 2024 As Utilization Remained Elevated, Health Aff (Millwood), Published online January 14, 2026, doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2025.01683).The authors report:"Health care spending reached $5.3 trillion, or $15,474 per person, growing 7.2 percent in 2024 (exhibit 1). This was the second consecutive year of growth above 7 percent (growth was 7.4 percent in 2023), after growth of 4.1 percent in 2021 and 4.8 percent in 2022. The strong growth in both 2023…
US Healthcare Spending in 2022: $4.5 Trillion
January 2, 2024 According to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (accessed January 2, 2024): "US health care spending grew 4.1 percent to reach $4.5 trillion in 2022, faster than the increase of 3.2 percent in 2021 but much slower than the rate of 10.6 percent in 2020. The growth in 2022 reflected strong growth in Medicaid and private health insurance spending that was somewhat offset by continued declines in supplemental funding by the federal government associated with the COVID-19 pandemic."In a related article published in the journal Health Affairs ("National Health Expenditure Accounts Team. National Health Care…