Silver Book Fact
“Medicaid spending growth increased slightly in 2005 to 3.9%, while Medicare nursing home expenditures grew 12.0% following growth of 16.2% in 2004.”
Catlin, Aaron, Cathy Cowan, Stephen Heffler, Benjamin Washington, The National Health Expenditure Accounts Team. National Health Spending In 2005: The slowdown continues. Health Affairs. 2007; 26(1): 142-153