Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Health care spending growth is at a record low. Here's the catch


Health care spending growth is at a record low. Here's the catch.-Cnnmoney: After years of scary, rocket-like growth, America's health care spending has slowed to record lows. That much we know for certain. What's less clear is why -- the weak economy or cost-control measures, including the earliest provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Since health care spending is a major driver of the federal deficit, that's a pretty critical question.