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National health spending in May 2016 was 5.0% higher than in May 2015. Spending on prescription drugs dropped to 5.2% growth, continuing its decline from the 12.2% spike in 2014. The health spending share of gross domestic product (GDP) stood at 18.1% in April as moderate health spending growth of 5.2% still far outpaced anemic GDP growth of 3.3%.  Official government projections released on July 13 anticipate spending growth of 4.8% for all of 2016, the lowest rate since 2013.