Sometimes people become poor because of inadequate (or no) health insurance. They deplete their wealth paying for the expenses of an illness. Some workers may remain in a job because of the health insurance benefits. The U.S. Health Care Situation: Spending for health care in the United States accounts for about 16 percent of U.S. real GDP. The U.S. per-person cost of health care is greater than anywhere else in the world. These can be attributed to the fact that the age-health care expenditure equation: The top 5 percent of health care users incur more