Press Release: New Study Tracks Impact Of Aging On Health Costs. Health Care Cost Institute. May 15, 2013.
A wealth of information on forces impacting the future of health care in the US.
Among the key findings:
*America’s aging population is not an overwhelming driver of increased health care spending;
*The cost of children’s health care is rising;
*Delaying childbirth has shifted the high point of young women’s health care spending from the late 20s to the early 30s;
*Health costs are twice as high for people with cancer, circulatory, or musculoskeletal conditions than for people without; and
*Medical costs for older men are higher than for older women.
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