The US has grown increasingly dependent on the health sector to power the economy — and it will be a tough habit to break, Kaiser Health News reported. Thirty-five percent of the nation’s job growth has come from health care since the recession hit in late 2007, the single-biggest sector for job creation. “The goal of increasing jobs in healthcare is incompatible with the goal of keeping healthcare affordable,” said Harvard University economist Katherine Baicker, who sees advantages in trimming the industry’s growth. There’s a lot of evidence we can get more bang for our buck in healthcare. We should be aiming for a healthcare system that operates more efficiently and effectively. That might mean better outcomes for patients and fewer jobs.”