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Last Updated: June 25, 2009
CBO's 75-Year Projections for Total National Health Spending
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O'Grady, Michael J. and James C. Capretta. Health-Care Cost Projections for Diabetes and Other Chronic Diseases: The current context and potential enhancements. May 2009. [ Permalink ]
CBO's 75-Year Projections for Total National Health Spending

In 2001, 5% of Medicare beneficiaries accounted for 43% of Medicare spending. For these beneficiaries, health care spending averaged around $63,000 per year. The bottom 50% of beneficiaries accounted for only 4% of spending--with an average cost of around $550 per year.
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Congressional Budget Office. High-Cost Medicare Beneficiaries. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Budget Office. May 2005. [ Permalink ]

Percentage of Medicare dollars Spent on Chronic Illness, 1987, 1997, and 2002
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O'Grady, Michael J. and James C. Capretta. Health-Care Cost Projections for Diabetes and Other Chronic Diseases: The current context and potential enhancements. May 2009. [ Permalink ]
Percentage of Medicare dollars Spent on Chronic Illness, 1987, 1997, and 2002

Percentage of the Population With Chronic Diseases, 1995-2030
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O'Grady, Michael J. and James C. Capretta. Health-Care Cost Projections for Diabetes and Other Chronic Diseases: The current context and potential enhancements. May 2009. [ Permalink ]
Percentage of the Population With Chronic Diseaes, 1995-2030

Death rates from heart disease and stroke are falling in-part because of new drug treatments. According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, if death rates were the same as those 30 years ago, 815,000 more Americans would die of heart disease annually and 250,000 more would die of stroke.
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PhRMA. 2009 Report: Medicines in development for heart disease and stroke. PhRMA. 2009. [ Permalink ]

There are currently 312 medicines in development for heart disease and stroke.
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PhRMA. 2009 Report: Medicines in development for heart disease and stroke. PhRMA. 2009. [ Permalink ]

30 drugs are currently in development for osteoporosis.
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PhRMA. 2008 Report: Medicines in Development for Older Americans. November 2008. [ Permalink ]