Health Spending Outstrips Economic Growth

By Scott Hensley The deepest recession in generations took a big bite out of spending on health care, slowing the growth to 4.4 percent in 2008, the federal government says. So what? Health spending in the U.S. is still out of whack, growing faster than Read More...

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Posted Jan 05 2010, 05:58 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
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