The Department of Health and Human Services touted health reform Thursday, saying it's caused Medicare's costs to rise at historically low rates, while preserving important benefits to seniors.
Medicare spending per beneficiary grew just 0.4 percent in 2012, continuing a pattern of very low growth in 2010 and 2011, a new report from HHS says.
Both the Medicare actuaries and the Congressional Budget Office have also projected that low cost increases will continue for several years, citing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as the main reason.
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