In a recent report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, it has been made clear that America's health care spending is going haywire. The report showed that in 2008 and 2009, nearly half of the total budget on health care was spent on 5% Americans. This report has shocked one and all for the reason that health care needs were limited to paltry 5% in those two years.

The report titled “The Concentration and Persistence in the Level of Health Expenditures over Time: Estimates for the U. S. Population, 2008-2009” was found to have caught the attention of concerned authorities once it hit the contours of the society.

The study examined how $1.26 trillion were spent on public by civilian, non-institutionalized Americans each year on health care, and perhaps this is why so much is being said about the changing U. S. demographics. It was found that the top 5% had paid an annual average of $35,829 in doctors' bills, while the lowest half had paid an average $232, which was found to be 3% of total costs.

Moreover, the report made it clear that those who have made huge payment were often seen paying medical bills again and again. There is a need to keep a track of such patients who are in such a condition that they need to have medical assistance all the time. The report cleared that 20% of the top 1% of health care spenders in 2008 were also seen in the top 1% in 2009.

This report has once again raised the issue of health care spending which has long been a debatable issue in America. Efforts are required to be made in the direction that they can rein in the rate at which money is spent on health care needs.