Percentiles of US population ranked by annual healthcare spending 2017
In 2017, to be considered as part of the top one percent in terms of annual healthcare expenditure per person in the U.S., one had to spend 66,454 U.S. dollars or more, versus less than 1,051 U.S. dollars to be considered part of the bottom 50 percent. Around 22 percent of total U.S. health care expenditures are estimated to be caused by the top one percent of persons ranked by their annual health expenditures.
