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FIGURE 4
Percent Change in National Health Expenditures Relative to Other Economic Measures, 1985 – 2002.

YearHealth
Spending
CPI-UGross
Domestic
Product
Health Minus
CPI-U
Health
Minus GDP
1985-
1990
9.9%4.0%6.5%5.9%3.4%
199011.7%5.4%5.6%6.3%6.1%
19918.5%4.2%3.2%4.3%5.3%
19928.6%3.0%5.2%5.6%3.4%
19937.8%3.0%5.4%4.8%2.4%
19945.1%2.6%5.8%2.5%0.7%
19955.5%2.8%4.6%2.7%0.9%
19964.4%2.9%4.4%1.5%0%
19976.3%2.9%4.6%3.4%1.7%
19986.2%2.9%4.6%3.3%1.6%
19996.5%3.0%4.9%3.5%1.6%
20006.4%3.0%4.8%3.4%1.6%
20016.3%3.0%4.8%3.3%1.5%
20026.4%3.0%4.7%3.4%1.7%

SOURCE: Author’s projections, Department of Labor, Congressional Budget Office

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