Healthcare Spending: The Numbers

CMS released the following information on healthcare spending in the United States through 2005:

$2 trillion - Overall healthcare spending in 2005

$6,697 - Average healthcare spending per person

$200.7 billion - Total spending on prescription drugs in 2005

6% - Growth in freestanding nursing home expenditures in the U.S. in 2005

3.9% - How much Medicaid grew

44% - How much nursing home funding is paid by Medicaid

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