News Report | August 19, 2018
Medicare Hospice Spending & Use Increased 6% In 2016
Medicare hospice spending and use increased 6% in 2016. This is an increase from about $15.9 billion in 2015, to about $16.8 billion in 2016. During the same time period, total national personal health care spending increased by 4.4%, from $2.7 trillion in 2015 to $2.8 trillion in 2016. Total Medicare personal health spending increased by 3.0%, from $607.1 billion in 2015 to $625.3 billion in 2016. Between 2015 and 2016, Medicare enrollment increased by 3.7%, from 54 million in 2015 to 56 million in 2016.
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