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and throughout the world.
Total U..
health care expenditures were estimated to be $4.01
trillion in 2020, and are projected to soar to $6.19 trillion in 2028.
The health care market
in the U..
during 2020 was projected to include massive spending in the major
categories of hospital care ($1,316 billion); dental, physician and clinical
services ($942.7 billion); and prescription drugs ($493.9 billion), along with
nursing home and home health care ($183.2 billion).
Registered U..
hospitals totaled 6,090 properties
in 2021, according to an American Hospital Association survey, containing 919,559
beds.
Medicare, the U..
federal government's health care program for Americans 65 years or older, provided coverage to an estimated 62.6 million seniors during 2020.
National expenditures on Medicare for fiscal 2019 were projected to be $796.6 billion, including premiums paid by beneficiaries and health care costs covered by Medicare.
By 2030, the number of people covered by Medicare will balloon to about 78 million due to the massive number of Americans who will become of eligible age.
Medicaid is the federal government's health care program for low-income and disabled persons (including qualified children), as well as certain groups of seniors in nursing homes.
National expenditures on Medicaid totaled an estimated $672.7 billion in 2020.
The majority of that expense was paid for by the federal government.
However, the states pick up a significant share
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