New evidence that the slowdown in healthcare costs over the past five years is happening not only because of a weak economy comes from the Economic Report of the President report, recently released by the President’s Council of Economic Advisers.  The report found that if the slowdown were to continue in the future, Medicare spending would basically remain flat as a share of the economy. Read more here about the Economic Report of the President as it examines changes in healthcare spending and unemployment rates across states.