Data for 2019 [0]: > NHE grew 4.6% to $3.8 trillion in 2019, or $11,582 per person, and accounted for 17.7% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). > Prescription dr

Data for 2019 [0]: > NHE grew 4.6% to $3.8 trillion in 2019, or $11,582 per person, and accounted for 17.7% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). > Prescription drug spending increased 5.7% to $369.7 billion in 2019, faster than the 3.8% growth in 2018. So that is around 10%. Still a pretty high amount of money. [0] https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/NHE-Fact-Sheet https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Sta...