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U.S. health care spending experienced historically low rates of growth in 2009 and 2010, according to the annual report of national health expenditures published Monday.
In 2009, the increase of spending was at the lowest rate in the entire 51-year history of the report, which is prepared by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Office of the Actuary and published in the Health Affairs journal. The record low reflects lower utilization in health care than in previous years.
Kalish is a fomer managing editor of SourceMedia’s Employee Benefits Group.
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