Why Has Growth in Spending for Fee-for-Service Medicare Slowed?: Working Paper 2013-06

Melinda Buntin and Michael Levine

No 44513, Working Papers from Congressional Budget Office

Abstract: Growth in spending per beneficiary in the fee-for-service portion of Medicare has slowed substantially in recent years. The slowdown has been widespread, extending across all of the major service categories, groups of beneficiaries that receive very different amounts of medical care, and all major regions. We estimate that slower growth in payment rates and changes in observable factors affecting beneficiaries’ demand for services explain little of the slowdown in spending growth for elderly beneficiaries between the 2000-2005 and 2007-2010 periods. Specifically, available

Date: 2013-08-22
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