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Health Care Spending Grew At Record Slow Pace
Americans' spending on health care rose a relatively modest 3.7 percent in 2012 -- slower than the growth of the overall economy -- dropping from 17.3 percent of U.S. spending to 17.2 percent, according to an annual report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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