California at the low end of the spectrum...we have more managed care...HMOs...physicians with some of the lowest paying contracts in the US...and even with our high number of uninsured...still spending less at 12% below the national average...BD
Staying healthy is a costly business in the United States, particularly in the Northeast, government statistics show. Annual health care spending per person totaled $6,409 in New England and $6,151 in the rest of the Northeast, compared to a national average of $5,283, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reports in Tuesday's issue of the journal Health Affairs. The totals include spending on individual health care from all sources, including insurance, personal expenses, Medicare, Medicaid and other sources, for 2004, the most recent figures available.
_Two states that have actively worked to improve health care had widely different spending patterns. California's per capita spending level was 12 percent below the national average at $4,638 while Massachusetts was nearly 27 percent above the average.
California had a below-average percentage of the population under age 65, an above-average share of the uninsured population, and a higher proportion of residents enrolled in health maintenance organizations in 2004, compared to Massachusetts.
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