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Annual US health-care spending will reach nearly $7.2 trillion in 2031, growing faster than the country's economy through the start of the next decade, according to a government estimate.
Health expenditures are projected to rise to 19.6% of gross domestic product, up from 18.3% in 2021, according to an analysis published Wednesday in the journal Health Affairs. The figures tally both government and private spending.
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