Though health care costs remain higher than ever, the rate at which it's growing has slowed slightly.
The average per capita cost of health care services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare programs increased by 5.21 percent over the 12 months ending January 2012, according to data from Standard & Poor's Healthcare Economic Composite Index.
This was a decline from the 5.3 percent annual growth rate posted for December 2011.
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