This article presents health care expenditures for 2005 and related trends.  The article highlights the slowing growth of healthcare spending for the third consecutive year and attributes that slowdown to prescription drugs expenditures. 

Catlin, A., Cowan, C., Heffler, S., & Washington, B. (2007). National health spending in 2005: The slowdown continues. Health Affairs, 26(1), 142-53.  DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.1.142. http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/1/142 © 2007 by Project HOPE. 

Authors: Aaron Catlin, Cathy Cowan, Stephen Heffler, Benjamin Washington