Congressional hearings held on the Trump administration’s FY 2019 budget request and health care industry consolidation By Jeff Wurzburg (US) on February 19, 2018 On February 14, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced projections that national health care spending is expected to increase an average of 5.5% a year between 2017 – 2026 and will account for almost 20% of …