Healthcare spending is projected to climb to nearly 20 percent of the nation’s economy over the next decade, with higher medical prices a key driver.

The federal estimate released Thursday and published in the journal Health Affairs projects that national health spending will grow at a rate of 5.6 percent from 2016 to 2025. That outpaces average projected gross domestic product growth by 1.2 percentage points.

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