Unsustainable health care spending in the USA: How will it end?. (February 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Williams, Jackson
• Is Part Of: Futures. Volume 126(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-02
• Subjects: Health policy -- Health insurance -- Health care costs; Economic forecasting -- Periodicals; Technological forecasting -- Periodicals; Economic policy -- Periodicals; Prévision économique -- Périodiques; Prévision technologique -- Périodiques; Politique économique -- Périodiques; Economic forecasting; Economic policy; Technological forecasting; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 330.0112
• DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2020.102674
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0016-3287

Abstract

Highlights: Health care costs in the USA are growing at an unsustainable rate. Eventually cost growth must stop, but the circumstances remain uncertain. Health insurance absorbs an unrealistic portion of low-income workers' earnings. Abstract: It is often observed that health care costs in the USA are rising at an "unsustainable" rate. We know that unsustainable trends must stop, but to date, no policy analysts have opined on what will precipitate an end to this one. This article uses scenario analysis to posit potential turning points that could lead to stabilizing spending at a realistic level.