A new report confirms concerns about healthcare costs, as it demonstrates for every-individual paying is increasing quicker than for every-capita gross domestic solution.

In between 2014 and 2018, for every-individual yearly paying, for these with employer-sponsored insurance policy, climbed  from $four,987 to $five,892, an eighteen.four% raise, according to the 2018 Health and fitness Treatment Expense and Utilization Report launched Thursday.  The regular once-a-year charge of four.3% outpaced expansion in for every-capita GDP, which enhanced at an regular 3.four% over the exact same period.

There is an exception from 2017 to 2018, when for every-capita GDP grew a little bit quicker than healthcare paying for every individual.

The $five,892 full includes amounts paid for medical and pharmacy claims but does not subtract company rebates for prescription prescription drugs.

Healthcare paying grew four.four% in 2018, a little bit above expansion in 2017 of four.2%, and the 3rd consecutive 12 months of expansion