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Engaging and Empowering Consumers

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Engaging and Empowering Consumers: Cost

Average Healthcare Expenditures as Percent of Before-Tax Income, 2005

As a percentage of before-tax-income, the lowest income households spend five times more on healthcare than the highest income households but, in absolute dollar terms, spend less than half the amount of the highest income households.

Note: Quintiles per the Consumer Expenditures Survey

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (2007) Consumer Expenditures Survey.


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