kids healthcare spending

Spending on health care for children grew faster than spending for adults between 2007 and 2010 due to increasing prices for all categories of goods and services, according to a new report from the Health Care Cost Institute. The Children’s Health Care Spending Report: 2007-2010 indicates the rise in spending occurred despite a decline in number of commercially-insured children and a drop in the use of costly health care services, such as hospital stays and…