"Total national healthcare spending in 2018 grew 4.6 percent ... [T]he share of the economy devoted to health spending decreased from 17.9 percent in 2017 to 17.7 percent in 2018.... ... Private health insurance spending (34 percent of total health care spending) increased 5.8 percent to $1.2 trillion in 2018, which was faster than the 4.9 percent growth in 2017.... Out-of-pocket spending grew 2.8 percent to $375.6 billion in 2018, which was faster than the 2.2 percent growth in 2017."  MORE >>