Report: Gov`t health spending to rise
(WorldNews Health)

WASHINGTON - Even without a history-making health care remake to deliver `Medicare-for-all,` government at all levels will pay nearly half the nation´s health care tab in less than 10 years, according to a federal report released Wednesday. The government growth is driven by traditional Medicare, which is experiencing a surge in enrollment as aging baby boomers shift out of private coverage, according to the analysis from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Federal, state and local...