Silver Book Fact
Medicare spending is projected to almost triple from 3% of the U.S. GDP in 2006 to 8.8% by 2030.
The Rise in Spending Among Medicare Beneficiaries: The role of chronic disease prevalence and changes in treatment intensity. Health Aff Web site. http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.25.w378v1. Published 2006