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Health spending in the ACT rose more than any other state or territory, even long before the first case of coronavirus presented itself, new data has shown. The Australian Institute of Health Welfare has revealed $4.02 billion was spent on health and health services in the ACT during the 2018-19 financial year. Those figures represent an increase of 10.6 per cent compared to the financial year before, the largest increase of any jurisdiction during the 12-month period. Of the more than…