The most recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) projection of national health expenditures (NHE) 1 was released in March 2020, covering 2019 through 2028. CMS projects that retail prescription drug spending will represent about 9% of NHE over this period. (In December, CMS released the 2019 NHE. At $369.7 billion, retail prescription drug spending increased 5.7%.
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