These are the latest figures. I have checked.

Are people saying FactCheck.Org is wrong. The number is a bit dated but there no reason it shouldn't hold.
In 2002 GDP was 10,000 Billion and 13.9 was spent on health.
Which gives a number of 1,390 billion spent on health in 2002.

$6 billion was given out in malpractise suits in 2002.
Source :http://www.factcheck.org/article133.html

Which gives 0.43% of total health expenditure.
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Notice that US spends more tax payer money on healthcare than Canada, Germany, or France...

Comparing Healthcare US v France
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Googled 'Health ranking by Country'
The World Health Organization's ranking of the world's health systems Thats the WHO.
Ranked 37.

And here is expenditure per GDP
Total Health Expenditures as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 2000-2005 - Country Rankings
2nd highest behind 'The Marshall Islands' and increasing at twice the pace of the main european countries.

America's Health Rankings 2008
Source: Various years of data, World...

The Tip of the Iceberg.

Basic Facts:

The amount of dollars flowing to the Health Care Industry at all levels is virtually at the point that more Federal dollars than private dollars fund this juggernaut.

If it is recognized that the mother lode comes from the taxpayer already why then the resistance to UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE by those who drink from the renamed modern version of Pounce de Leon’s “fountain of Youth” (“The fountain of Wealth” ) ? The...