http://healthexecnews.com/report-health-care-spending-rate-increases-faster-than-rest-of-economy-again Healthcare Management News and Insights Wed, 16 May 2012 23:08:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://healthexecnews.com/report-health-care-spending-rate-increases-faster-than-rest-of-economy-again/comment-page-1#comment-580 Sawtooth Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:43:44 +0000 http://healthexecnews.com/?p=957#comment-580 Well, lets take a closer look at the numbers. One, the economy is not exactly the most robust thing going and its been that way for over 18 months. We also know that some of the larger volume contributors such as auto and home sales are depressed not to mention personal spending. So when you consider people are still getting sick and maybe more sick due to the economy, health care may not be on the same trend line as the rest of the industries. So if three of the economic indicators are flat, it shouldn't be a huge surprise that health care has grown as a percentage of. Two, we are still an aging society with more baby boomers moving into higher health care utilization every day. That doesn't even mean over utilization, just more people using it. If you want to see who is raising fees at record pace, check out higher education. They seem to have no knowledge of CPI and how the rest of us get it used on us for raises and COLAs. I am hearing requests for 9% to 10% funding increases in our state. Well, lets take a closer look at the numbers. One, the economy is not exactly the most robust thing going and its been that way for over 18 months. We also know that some of the larger volume contributors such as auto and home sales are depressed not to mention personal spending. So when you consider people are still getting sick and maybe more sick due to the economy, health care may not be on the same trend line as the rest of the industries. So if three of the economic indicators are flat, it shouldn’t be a huge surprise that health care has grown as a percentage of. Two, we are still an aging society with more baby boomers moving into higher health care utilization every day. That doesn’t even mean over utilization, just more people using it. If you want to see who is raising fees at record pace, check out higher education. They seem to have no knowledge of CPI and how the rest of us get it used on us for raises and COLAs. I am hearing requests for 9% to 10% funding increases in our state.

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