For the first time, government programs next year will account for more than half of all U.S. health-care spending, federal actuaries predict, as the weak economy sends more people into Medicaid and slows growth of private insurance.
The figures show how federal and state spending is taking a bigger role while Congress hesitates over a health-care overhaul.
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