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Health care could account for 38 percent of state spending by 2025

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Health care was the largest driver of state and local expense growth between 2005 and 2015, adding up to $929 billion in spending. (Photo: Shutterstock)

As health care costs continue to rise, it’s not just employers and consumers that are feeling the burn. State and local governments are also having to make some difficult financial choices.

Marlene Satter

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