MedPAC Shares Analysis Of Health Care And Medicare Spending

MedPAC released a summary of an analysis that contains information about health care spending and trends in Medicare expenditures. Key findings include: 

• Medicare spends approximately 14% more for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries than for comparable fee-for-service beneficiaries, resulting in approximately $76 billion in additional Medicare spending in 2026.
• National health care spending reached $5.3 trillion, or 18% of the gross domestic product, in 2024, while Medicare spending totaled approximately $1.1 trillion.
• Since 2009, spending on Part B clinician-administered drugs in nonfacilities has grown the fastest.
• Assertions were made that consolidation leads to higher payment rates and spending.