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Melinda B Buntin

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Johns Hopkins Professor of Health Policy and Economics RT not an endorsement. Opinions are mine.

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Ellen Meara @ermeara.bsky.social · Apr 12

The Value Zeitgeist — Considering the Slowdown in Health Care Spending Growth | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @melindabbuntin.bsky.social , Carrie Colla, and I argue it's too soon to give up on value-based care.

The Value Zeitgeist — Considering the Slowdown in Health Care Spending Growth | NEJM

Over the past two decades, the health care spending growth rate in the United States has declined. But reducing the emphasis on value-based care could lead to a resurgence in spending growth.

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Melinda B Buntin @melindabbuntin.bsky.social · Apr 12

In a NEJM Perspective w/ @ermeara.bsky.social and Carrie Colla we explore the policy incentives that reshaped spending growth—creating the Value Zeitgeist—and what’s at risk if we walk away from the emphasis on value based care.

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Melinda B Buntin @melindabbuntin.bsky.social · Apr 12

**What has slowed health care spending growth in the U.S. over the past two decades?**
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The Value Zeitgeist — Considering the Slowdown in Health Care Spending Growth | NEJM

Over the past two decades, the health care spending growth rate in the United States has declined. But reducing the emphasis on value-based care could lead to a resurgence in spending growth.

www.nejm.org

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Reposted by Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin

JHU Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships @jhu-bdps.bsky.social · Apr 7

BDP @melindabbuntin.bsky.social was quoted in a @newsweek.com article about what a recession could mean for Medicare. Read the full quote here:

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What a recession would mean for Medicare

While Donald Trump's route to the White House was filled with promises of lowering costs, economists have expressed concern there could be a recession.