Due Aging Population, Costs To Treat Heart Failure Expected To More Than Double By 2030

By 2030, every U.S. taxpayer could be paying $244 a year to care for heart failure patients, according to an American Heart Association policy statement. The statement, published online in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Heart Failure, predicts: The number of people with heart failure could climb 46 percent from 5 million in 2012 to 8 million in 2030. Direct and indirect costs to treat heart failure could more than double from $31 billion in 2012 to $70 billion in 2030... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..