Your Healthcare Costs Are Soaring! US Spending Reached $5 Trillion In 2023 With Major Increase in Obesity and Diabetes Drugs, Hospital Services
Your Healthcare Costs Are Soaring! US Spending Reached $5 Trillion In 2023 With Major Increase in Obesity and Diabetes Drugs, Hospital Services
According to a report, U.S. healthcare spending grew by 7.5% to $4.9 trillion in 2023. The increase was fueled by higher enrollment in private health plans and expanded use of medical services, driven by legislative changes and post-pandemic rebounds in care utilization.
根据一份报告，2023年美国的医疗保健支出增长了7.5%，达到了4.9万亿美元。这一增长受到私人健康计划入学人数增加和医疗服务使用扩大推动，立法变化及疫情后护理利用服务反弹起了关键作用。
Healthcare spending accounted for 17.6% of the U.S. economy, outpacing GDP growth of 2.9%. Spending on retail prescription drugs saw the most significant rise, jumping 11.4% to $449.7 billion.
医疗保健支出占美国经济的17.6%，超过了2.9%的GDP增长。零售处方药的支出增幅最大，上涨了11.4%，达到4497亿美元。
The report attributed this to increased use of medications for obesity and diabetes.
报告将此归因于肥胖和糖尿病药物使用的增加。
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The rapid growth in spending for drugs used to treat diabetes and obesity contributed to faster overall growth in retail prescription drug expenditures and private health insurance and Medicare spending growth.
用于治疗糖尿病和肥胖的药物支出的快速增长促进了零售处方药支出和私人健康保险及医疗保险支出增长的整体加速。
Hospital care spending rose 10.4% to $1.5 trillion in 2023, marking the fastest growth since 1990. Hospital discharges increased by 1.6%, with Medicare beneficiaries driving higher outpatient service utilization.
2023年，医院护理支出增长了10.4%，达到1.5万亿美元，标志着自1990年以来最快的增长。医院出院人数增加了1.6%，医疗保险受益者推动了更高的门诊服务利用。
Spending on physician and clinical services also climbed by 7.4% to $978 billion, with private insurance and Medicare patients contributing to this rise.
医生和临床服务的支出也上升了7.4%，达到9780亿美元，私人保险和医疗保险患者对这一增长做出了贡献。
Enrollment in private health insurance grew by 1.6%, adding 3.3 million Americans.
私人健康保险的入学人数增长了1.6%，增加了330万美国人。
Private insurance spending surged by 11.5%, reaching $1.5 trillion and accounting for 30% of national healthcare expenditures.
私人保险支出激增11.5%，达到1.5万亿，占国家医疗支出的30%。
Medicare spending grew 8.1% to $1 trillion, representing 21% of total healthcare spending. Medicaid spending, however, grew more slowly at 7.9%, reflecting the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
医疗保险支出增长8.1%，达到1万亿，占总医疗支出的21%。然而，医疗补助支出增长较慢，为7.9%，反映了新冠疫情公共卫生紧急状态的结束。
The report also revealed that 92.5% of Americans had health insurance in 2023, up from 92.0% in 2022, underscoring the broader coverage expansion in recent years.
报告还显示，2023年92.5%的美国人拥有健康保险，较2022年的92.0%有所增加，凸显了近年来覆盖范围的扩大。
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