Silver Book Fact
The health share of the GDP is projected to rise from 16.2% in 2007 to 17.6% in 2009. It is then projected to climb to 20.3% by 2018.
Sisko, Andrea, Christopher Truffer, Sheila Smith, Sean Keehan, Jonathan Cylus, John A. Poisal, M. Kent Clemens, and Joseph Lizonitz. Health Spending Projections Through 2018: Recession Effects Add Uncertainty to the Outlook. Health Aff. 2009; https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.28.2.w346