Healthcare Spending Slows, Still Outpaces the National Economy

National health expenditures grew in 2008 at the slowest pace in nearly 50 years yet still outpaced economic growth at large, according to a new report from the California HealthCare Foundation.

Despite these findings, CHCF projections suggest that the recession-driven contraction in the economy, coupled with a modest increase in healthcare spending, will raise healthcare's share of the economy for 2009.

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