The study found a drop in health care expenditures by private businesses; spending in that area declined 3.1% in 2020 after increasing 3.8% in 2019.
Spending on health care in the U.S. increased almost 10% in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study has found, with health care's overall share of the economy spiking to almost 20%.
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