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Lev Klarnet

Lev Klarnet

Ph.D. candidate in economics, Harvard University

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

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Co-author of the Brookings paper

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