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CONTENTS |
Overview of the U.S. Health Care System
Historical Growth of Health Care Spending
Factors Underlying the Historical Growth in Health Care Spending
Projections of Health Care Spending
CBO's Assumptions About Future Spending on Health Care
Projections of Health Spending
Consumption of Health Care and of Other Goods and Services
Projections Under Alternative Assumptions
Appendix A: Medicare and Medicaid: An Overview
Appendix B: Computing Historical Excess Cost Growth
Appendix C: Projected Health Care Spending Under an Alternative Fiscal Scenario
1. National Spending on Health Care by Source of Funds, 2005
2. Real per Capita Cost Growth in Medicare, Medicaid, and All Other Spending on Health Care
3. Excess Cost Growth in Medicare, Medicaid, and All Other Spending on Health Care8
4. Assumptions About Excess Cost Growth Over the Long Term
A-1. Medicare Spending by Type of Service, 2006
A-2. Medicaid Enrollees and Federal Benefit Payments, by Category of Enrollee, 2006
1. National Spending on Health Care by Source of Funds, 1975 to 2005
2. Spending on Health Care as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product, 1960 to 2005
3. Excess Cost Growth in Medicare, Medicaid, and All Other Spending on Health Care
4. Projected Spending on Health Care as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product
1. What Policy Options Can Help Reduce Spending on Medicare and Medicaid?
2. The Effect of the Aging of the Population on Spending on Medicare and Medicaid
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