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Healthcare Purchasing News, Sept, 2007

$2 TRILLION is the amount spent on healthcare in 2005, in the U.S.

$6697 is the amount that the U.S. spends per person on healthcare, by far the highest of 18 developed countries. (for example--Japan--$2358, UK--$2560)

5% of the population spends almost half of the healthcare dollars

$356 was the amount the U.S. spent per person on healthcare in 1970.

$75 BILLION was the amount spent on healthcare in 1970, in the U.S.

$1245 is the average amount spent per year for healthcare for children less then 5 years old in 2004

$2277 is the average amount spent per person for 25-44 year-olds in 2004

$4647 is the average amount spent per person for 45-64 year-olds in 2004

$8647 is the average amount spent per person over age 64 in 2004

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation--Health Care Costs A Primer--August 2007.