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AHIP Statement on New Health Spending Projections Washington, DC – Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), released the following statement today in response to new health spending projections released by CMS which found that health care’s share of the economy grew 1.1 percentage points in 2009 – the largest one-year increase in GDP share since the federal government began keeping track in 1960: “Rising health care costs are crushing our economy and adding a burden [...]

AHIP’s Statement on today’s release of the National Health Expenditure Accounts data: AHIP Statement on National Health Expenditure Data Washington, DC – New National Health Expenditure Accounts data released by CMS show that health spending in the United States grew at 4.4 percent in 2008. Although the recession has brought a reduction in the rate of increase in health care costs, the data show costs continue to grow faster than the overall economy and the portion of GDP devoted to [...]