Your Healthcare Costs Are Soaring! US Spending Reached $5 Trillion In 2023 With Major Increase in Obesity and Diabetes Drugs, Hospital Services
Your Healthcare Costs Are Soaring! US Spending Reached $5 Trillion In 2023 With Major Increase in Obesity and Diabetes Drugs, Hospital Services
According to a report, U.S. healthcare spending grew by 7.5% to $4.9 trillion in 2023. The increase was fueled by higher enrollment in private health plans and expanded use of medical services, driven by legislative changes and post-pandemic rebounds in care utilization.
根據一份報告，2023年美國的醫療保健支出增長了7.5%，達到了4.9萬億美元。這一增長受到私人健康計劃入學人數增加和醫療服務使用擴大推動，立法變化及疫情後護理利用服務反彈起了關鍵作用。
Healthcare spending accounted for 17.6% of the U.S. economy, outpacing GDP growth of 2.9%. Spending on retail prescription drugs saw the most significant rise, jumping 11.4% to $449.7 billion.
醫療保健支出佔美國經濟的17.6%，超過了2.9%的GDP增長。零售處方藥的支出增幅最大，上漲了11.4%，達到4497億美元。
The report attributed this to increased use of medications for obesity and diabetes.
報告將此歸因於肥胖和糖尿病藥物使用的增加。
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The rapid growth in spending for drugs used to treat diabetes and obesity contributed to faster overall growth in retail prescription drug expenditures and private health insurance and Medicare spending growth.
用於治療糖尿病和肥胖的藥物支出的快速增長促進了零售處方藥支出和私人健康保險及醫療保險支出增長的整體加速。
Hospital care spending rose 10.4% to $1.5 trillion in 2023, marking the fastest growth since 1990. Hospital discharges increased by 1.6%, with Medicare beneficiaries driving higher outpatient service utilization.
2023年，醫院護理支出增長了10.4%，達到1.5萬億美元，標誌着自1990年以來最快的增長。醫院出院人數增加了1.6%，醫療保險受益者推動了更高的門診服務利用。
Spending on physician and clinical services also climbed by 7.4% to $978 billion, with private insurance and Medicare patients contributing to this rise.
醫生和臨牀服務的支出也上升了7.4%，達到9780億美元，私人保險和醫療保險患者對這一增長做出了貢獻。
Enrollment in private health insurance grew by 1.6%, adding 3.3 million Americans.
私人健康保險的入學人數增長了1.6%，增加了330萬美國人。
Private insurance spending surged by 11.5%, reaching $1.5 trillion and accounting for 30% of national healthcare expenditures.
私人保險支出激增11.5%，達到1.5萬億，佔國家醫療支出的30%。
Medicare spending grew 8.1% to $1 trillion, representing 21% of total healthcare spending. Medicaid spending, however, grew more slowly at 7.9%, reflecting the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
醫療保險支出增長8.1%，達到1萬億，佔總醫療支出的21%。然而，醫療補助支出增長較慢，爲7.9%，反映了新冠疫情公共衛生緊急狀態的結束。
The report also revealed that 92.5% of Americans had health insurance in 2023, up from 92.0% in 2022, underscoring the broader coverage expansion in recent years.
報告還顯示，2023年92.5%的美國人擁有健康保險，較2022年的92.0%有所增加，凸顯了近年來覆蓋範圍的擴大。
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