Healthcare Costs are Slowing Down

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| Fri Aug. 10, 2012 7:57 AM PDT

Via Sarah Kliff, a team of researchers suggests that U.S. healthcare costs really are slowing down — and they've been slowing down since well before the current economic downturn. The data is noisy, but it fits with other studies suggesting an even longer term slowing of healthcare costs. Sarah has more at the link.

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