http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-01-05-health-costs_N.htm[
Health care spending rose 4.4% in 2008 to $2.3 trillion, or $7,681 per person,
the smallest increase since the spending was first tracked in 1960, according to
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The report suggests the down
economy forced Americans to go without care.
]
Then came 2009 ....
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Cliff