There’s no guarantee the slowed trend will last, the report notes, citing a dip and rise in healthcare costs in the 1990s. Still, there’s evidence to suggest the recession is not the sole cause of the lower cost increases, and CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf said last week that “structural changes in the healthcare system” were a “significant part” of the reason.
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