Health Care Costs from Birth to Death: 5 Key Findings

1. An aging population is not an overwhelming driver of health care spending
2. The cost of children’s health care is rising
3. Delaying childbirth has shifted the high point of young women’s health care spending from the late twenties to the early 30s
4. Health costs are twice as high for people with cancer or other chronic conditions
5. Older men are more costly than older women

Notes: Health Care Costs from Birth to Death examines the impact of age and gender on pre-retiree, retiree, Medicare, and disease health costs
Source: Health Care Cost Institute
Source URL: http://www.healthcostinstitute.org/SOA-1-2013

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