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US health spending expected to reach $9 trillion by 2034

A photo of a male senior citizen getting his blood pressure checked in a doctors office with a male doctor performing the test.
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Healthcare will keep getting more expensive as more people lose coverage, complicating the rules governing the sector.

National health spending reached $5.7 trillion in 2025, rising 7.3% from 2024, and is expected to grow 5.4% per year through 2034 to $9 trillion, according to new government projections from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

The projections mark the third year in a row that health spending grows more than 7%, and itan

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