WASHINGTON, July 28 (UPI) -- Total U.S. spending for healthcare is expected to grow 5.8 percent per year for the decade ending in 2020, Health Affairs, a trade journal, said Thursday.
The contribution to the nation's healthcare bill paid by the federal government is expected to grow from 27 percent in 2010 to 31 percent in 2020. Similarly, the contribution from municipal, state and federal governments is also expected to grow by four percentage points, climbing from 45 percent to 49 percent of the total bill.