The record run of historically slow growth in national health expenditures has not made unsustainable health spending suddenly sustainable. In previous research, we have quantified sustainable health spending to better understand its underlying dynamics.
With the Affordable Care Act approaching full implementation it is especially timely to further analyze cost factors, distinguishing private and public sector growth trajectories. This half-day symposium will explicitly connect health spending growth to the long-run U.S. fiscal crisis by including both health economic and budget experts.
What do the most recent data show for health spending growth? What has been the effect of the recession and tepid recovery, and what does this portend for future growth? What are the forces that are changing (structurally rather than cyclically) health care delivery by private providers? How will pressures to hold down public spending impact the private sector? Is historically low spending sufficient to be sustainable?
Speakers will include Ceci Connolly, Maya MacGuineas, David Walker, Gene Steuerle, Uwe Reinhardt, David Cutler and others. Register to attend the symposium in person or to join via webcast.
When: 8:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. (EST), Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Where: Pew Charitable Trusts, 901 E St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20004, or via Webcast at the link above.
Contact: Ken Schwartz, 571-733-5709, ken.schwartz@altarum.org