Has already happened in the discussion about what wages ought to be in this nation. Mary kai henry, president of the Service Employees international union. Our guest on news makers at 10 00 a. M. And 6 00 p. M. Cspan. On wednesday economists with the centers for medicare and Medicaid Services held a briefing on their Health Spending projections. Forecasters say spending will increase in coming years due to the healthcare laws coverage spangss expansions, faster Economic Growth and the growing elderly population. Its an hour. Good morning. Im the editor in chief for the as you know and the reason youre here, with all thats going on in health policy, theres great interest in many aspects of whats changing our healthcare system. Much of that interest has to do with spending, the total levels, whos paying and what they are paying for. Im pleased to continue a tradition of Health Affairs of publicing the projections prepared by the office of actuary in the centers for medicaid and medicare