Health Care Spending Recently the Health Care spending has risen from 2010 to 2011, there is not much hope for the future of health care, and funds that will be or should be available. Health care spending is to continue to rise over the next few years which will make it harder for Americans to get the proper health care they need. Nationally in 2012 the United States spent an estimated $2.8 trillion; however, the health care industries growth has stayed low. Federal actuary analysis has shown that in 2011 there was $2.7 trillion spent nationally; the averages per person consisted of $8,680 spent on health care. These figures show a 3.9% of growth rates in both 2010 and 2011. Not exactly what individuals want to see concerning their health and getting the proper medical care they need (NCSL. 2013). Expenses are paid out to multiple different areas, the major areas consisting of physician and clinical services, Medicare spending, private health insurance, retail prescription drugs, and out-of-pocket spending; it was these areas that percentages rose. Major areas that slowed down in the spending rate were Medicaid and Hospital spending (NCSL. 2013). The graphs below show the area percentages in which accelerated and what slowed.

Health care spending has recently proven to be too much, thinking about that $2.7 trillion spent nationally in 2011, is a big part of why the United States is in debt, and cannot pull itself out. With 2014 quickly upon Americans, the United States needs to be careful with its expenses; health care spending is to rise by 7.4%. This rise will be after the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid, and health insurance exchange have their expansions, allowing roughly 30 million more individuals to have health care benefits (Adams. 2013). Reasoning behind the expected rise also has to do with the 22 million that are going to