Spending On Health Slowing ; Increase Still Tops 2008 Rise in Gdp.
Columbia Daily Tribune › July 30, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States spent an average of $7,681 per person on health care in 2008, for an eye-popping total of $2.3 trillion -- even though spending actually slowed dramatically that year because of the recession, a new federal study says.
Health spending didn't slow down as much as the nation's overall economic output, the study said, in keeping with a decades-old trend that has now pushed health care costs to account for over 16 percent of the nation's economy.See the full content of this document
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Spending On Health Slowing ; Increase Still Tops 2008 Rise in Gdp.
The figures underscore the challenges confronting President Barack Obama and lawmakers seeking to overhaul the system. Obama has repeatedl...
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