Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending on the Increase for Beneficiaries

A recent study published in Health Affairs, sponsored by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, studied the growth in out-of-pocket spending for Medicare beneficiaries for health care. The study was based on the Current Beneficiary Survey, consisting of roughly 12,000 Medicare beneficiaries, including those in long-term care facilities. Researchers examined changes in income, out-of-pocket spending…