claim: "since the passage of the affordable care act, u.s. health care spending grew at 3.9 percent for the last three years, the lowest growth rate in over 50 years."
author: ron kind
evidence_1: aug 31, 2017 ... overall, health care spending growth, or the percent increase in health care ...  services (cms) estimates that u.s. health care spending grew 4.8 percent in ...  averaged 5.3 percent, but dropped to 3 percent in the three years following, ...  looking forward, over the next decade, the primary drivers of national ...
evidence_2: "since the passage of the affordable care act, u.s. health care spending grew at  3.9 percent for the last three years, the lowest growth rate in over 50 years.".
evidence_3: nov 19, 2015 ... u.s. health care expenditures have steadily increased as a share of gross ....  occurring 2 -3 years after the end of the recessions) (exhibit 3).14, 15 on ... rate  of 5.7 percent.16 as overall health spending increased at a faster ... over the last  20 years, excess medical expenditure growth (increased spending.
evidence_4: aug 2, 2013 ... since the passage of the affordable care act, u.s. health care spending grew at  3.9 percent for the last 3 years, the lowest growth rate in over 50 years. ...  beneficiary spending rose just 0.4 percent last year, the lowest rate since it was ...  family health care increased by only 4 percent in 2012, the smallest ...
evidence_5: it examines healthcare expenditures in the united states from 2006 through .... of  the affordable care act, while simultaneously dealing with the ongoing effects of  ... decline to 3.9 percent, the lowest level of spending growth in 50 years.1 this ....  spending on inpatient care grew at just 3 percent per year between 2006 and ...