Health spending projected to hit $5.6 trillion in...

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Five trillion, six hundred and thirty one billion. Or 5,631,000,000,000. Or maybe just $5.6 trillion. Any way you write it out, it’s a big number. That’s how much will be spent on health care in the U.S. in 2025, up from $3.35 trillion this year, according to new estimates published Wednesday in Health Affairs, a medical journal. On the one hand, the 5.8 percent annual growth is lower than in previous years. On the other, it’s well above projected gross domestic product growth. In the next…