U.S. Per Capita Health Spending In Expansion & Non-Expansion States Grew At Similar Rates In 2014

In 2014, total per capita health care spending increased by similar amounts in states that expanded Medicaid and states that did not, at 4.4% and 4.5% respectively. The growth rate in per capita personal health care spending in 2014 was lowest in New Hampshire at 2.4% and highest in Oregon at 7.7%.

Nationally, per capita personal health care spending averaged $8,045 in 2014, and ranged across the states from $5,982 in Utah (26% lower than the national average) to $11,064 in Alaska (38% above the national average. These two states have been at . . .