WASHINGTON — Health care is expected to account for $1 of every $5 spent in the United States in another decade.
That means a rise in out-of-pocket expenses, such as the copays for medicine, from about $850 this year to about $1,400 in 2016, a 5.3 percent annual increase.
The cost of health insurance is projected to rise even more quickly during that same time - 6.4 percent annually.
Over the coming decade, spending on health care will continue to outpace the overall economy. By the year 2016, it will total nearly $4 trillion, economists at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said in a report being released Wednesday.
Today, the number is closer to $1 out of every $6, or $2 trillion..
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