man looking at chalkboard with down arrow labeled economy and up arrow labeled COVID-19 Lower-than-expected spending on personal health care could result in lower medical loss ratios and a resulting higher value for the net cost of insurance than previously projected. (Photo: Shutterstock)

For the first time in six decades, total health spending in the United States was lower in 2020 than in the previous year.

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