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Re:Why an MRI costs $1,080 in America and $280 in France by mikeash on Sunday March 04, 2012 @09:04AM (#3662761)
This PDF shows the 65+ demographic as accounting for 35.6% of health expenditures in 2004:

https://www.cms.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/downloads/2004-...

It seems highly unlikely that it would change so drastically in just 8 years. Where does your 85% figure come from?

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Re:Why an MRI costs $1,080 in America and $280 in France by ktizo on Sunday March 04, 2012 @11:43AM (#3663086)
Was probably found from the same source that I used when researching the worrying fact that, as it turns out, 78.2% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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