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U.S. health care spending growth hits its slowest stretch since tracking began in 1960

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For decades, American health care spending grew faster than the economy. Government actuaries projected in 2010 that it would hit 21.2 percent of GDP by 2024 (about $6.3 trillion), but actual spending came in at 18%, roughly $977 billion less.

Updated May 31