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1.5a | After adjusting for inflation, growth in health spending per person has outstripped the rise in non-health GDP per capita for many decades. The American Health Economy Illustrated Online. Medicare and Medicaid enacted (1965).
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1.5a | After adjusting for inflation, growth in health spending per person has outstripped the rise in non-health GDP per capita for many decades The American Health Economy Illustrated Online Medicare and Medicaid enacted (1965) Note: Non-health GDP = GDP minus NHE. Growth rates calculated from real GDP per capita (chained 2009 dollars) and real NHE per capita (calculated in 2009 dollars from GDP price deflator).