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5% of Americans Made Up 50% of U.S. Healthcare Spending And the top 1%? They made up one fifth of medical expenditures. from The Atlantic "When it comes to America's spiraling health care costs, the country's problems begin with the 5%. In 2008 and 2009, 5% of Americans were responsible for nearly half of the country's medical spending. Of course, healthcare has its own 1% crisis. In 2009, the top 1% of patients accounted for 21.8% of expenditures. The figures are from a new study by the Department of Health and Human Services , which examined how different U.S. demographics contributed to medical costs. It looked at the $1.26 trillion spent by civilian, non-institutionalized Americans each year on health care. The top 5% of spenders paid an annual average of $35,829 in doctors' bills. By comparison, the bottom half paid an average $232 and made up about 3% of total costs. Aside from the fact that such a tiny fraction of the country was responsible for so much ...

Just as I finished posting the following article about vitamins I received a new FLASH from MedPage about just how bad vitamin E and selenium are for you.  Of course the study showed no specific type of vitamin E or selenium, but the type does make a difference. In a similar vein the correct type and dose of vitamin E will prevent and reverse cardiovascular disease  and it can help lung disease by allowing more oxygen to cross in to the blood from the lungs, and it can prevent hair loss with chemotherapy. In a more balanced and fair presentation this popped up on my screen today - Health Forensics offers drug interaction and nutrient depletion reports The M.D.: So what's the risk of taking that medication? What to consider when reading drug companies' mandated lists of side effects, which can be hard to understand or overwhelming. By Valerie Ulene, Special to the Los Angeles Times October 10, 2011 It's getting harder for me to deny that I've reached middle age, a...