Top 10 states with highest healthcare expenditure increase in 20 years

Here are the top ten states with the highest average percentage growth in healthcare expenditures per capita from 1991 to 2009, according to a Kaiser State Health Facts.

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1. Alaska — 7.3 percent
2. Maine — 7 percent
3. Vermont — 6.7 percent
4. New Hampshire — 6.6 percent
5. Wyoming — 6.6 percent
6. Mississippi — 6.3 percent
7. Delaware — 6.2 percent
8. Nebraska — 6.2 percent
9. New Mexico — 6.2 percent
10. West Virginia — 6.2 percent

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