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Graphic: Health Spending by Public and Private Sectors

According to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data, the balance in health spending has steadily shifted towards the public sector since 1960, when the government started keeping track.

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Graphic: Christopher Weaver and Beth Liu, KFF Health News

1960-2008 Data Source: National Health Expenditure Accounts; 2009-2010 Data Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group