via American Medical Association: Trends in health care spending

Spending on public health in the US is only about 3% of our total spending on health. During this National Public Health Week, when we are racing to get ahead of a pandemic without a unified national public health strategy, our underinvestment is costing time, and may cost many lives.

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Health spending in the U.S. increased by 4.6% in 2018 to $3.6 trillion or $11,172 per capita. This growth rate is slightly faster than what was observed in 2017 (4.2 percent) and the same as 2016 (4.6 percent). After a period of relatively fast growth in 2014 and 2015 during the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, 2018 was characterized by slower and stable growth that continued from 2016 and 2017. Likewise, health spending was only 17.7 percent of GDP in 2018 compared to 17.9 percent of GDP in 2017 and 2016.

Policy research perspective

A new AMA Policy Research Perspective provides an in-depth look at U.S. health spending in 2018.

Policy Research Perspectives: National Health Expenditures, 2018: Spending growth remains steady even with increases in private health insurance and Medicare spending (PDF, members only)

Health care spending explained

The United States spent $3,649.4 billion on health care in 2018.

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