Melinda B Buntin

The Value Zeitgeist — Considering the Slowdown in Health Care Spending Growth | NEJM Over the past two decades, the health care spending growth rate in the United States has declined. But reducing the emphasis on value-based care could lead to a resurgence in spending growth.

The Value Zeitgeist — Considering the Slowdown in Health Care Spending Growth | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @melindabbuntin.bsky.social , Carrie Colla, and I argue it's too soon to give up on value-based care.

In a NEJM Perspective w/ @ermeara.bsky.social and Carrie Colla we explore the policy incentives that reshaped spending growth—creating the Value Zeitgeist—and what’s at risk if we walk away from the emphasis on value based care.

The Value Zeitgeist — Considering the Slowdown in Health Care Spending Growth | NEJM Over the past two decades, the health care spending growth rate in the United States has declined. But reducing the emphasis on value-based care could lead to a resurgence in spending growth.

**What has slowed health care spending growth in the U.S. over the past two decades?**
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What a recession would mean for Medicare While Donald Trump's route to the White House was filled with promises of lowering costs, economists have expressed concern there could be a recession.

BDP @melindabbuntin.bsky.social was quoted in a @newsweek.com article about what a recession could mean for Medicare. Read the full quote here:

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