Medicaid and Medicare Accounted for 59 Percent of Health Care Revenue for the Five Largest U.S. Insurers in 2016, More Than Doubling Since 2010

In 2016, Medicare and Medicaid accounted for nearly 60 percent of health care revenues reported by the five largest U.S. commercial health insurance companies (UnitedHealthCare, Anthem, Aetna, Cigna, Humana), according to a new Health Affairs study supported by the Commonwealth Fund. Revenue from public coverage has more than doubled since passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), growing from a combined total of $92.5 billion in 2010 to $213.1 billion in 2016.         
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news