Rising Care Costs Increased Health Spending As Americans Used Fewer Services

Rising Care Costs Increased Health Spending As Americans Used Fewer Services: As Americans used less medical services overall, health care spending rose at double the rate of inflation in 2010 because hospitals, outpatient centers, and other providers charged higher prices, according to a report by the Health Care Cost Institute. Health costs jumped by 3.3 percent during the economic downturn even though people were using less [...]/p