YourSpine.com - Chiropractic - Disease-Care Spending On The Increase

Disease-Care Spending On The Increase

A March, 2001 report from the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) says that U.S. spending on disease-care is on the increase, fueled mainly by an increase in spending on prescription drugs.

While the total for disease-care spending increased by 5.6% in 1999, the amount of money spent on prescription drugs increased by an astounding 16.9% to $100 billion. HCFA now expects that the amount of money spent on prescription drugs will increase by an average of 12.6% a year. By 2010, HCFA estimates, this will account for 16% of personal disease-care spending.

Change Zip Code Close