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Monday, March 30, 2009

PA residents spend $2,175 a year on health care

A Consumer Expenditure Survey may be finding its way to your mailbox soon as the U.S. Census Bureau begins gathering all sorts of information on spending habits.

The information is used by various government agencies to determine the Consumer Price Index.

In announcing the April Census drive, the bureau released examples of numbers it uses. In the Philadelphia region, people spend $2,175 a year on health care, according to government statistics.

Census Bureau to Survey Nation's Spending Habits

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