The Kaiser Family Foundation website looks at where the healthcare dollar goes.

Apparently $2.3 trillion was spent on healthcare in 2010

• Hospital care—31 percent
• Physician/clinical services—20 percent
• Retail Rx drugs—10 percent
• Net cost of health insurance—6 percent
• Investment—6 percent
• Other health, residential, and personal care—8 percent
• Other professional services—7 percent
• Nursing home care—5 percent
• Home health care—3 percent
• Retail, other products—3 percent
• Government administration—1 percent

 

Source: Health Costs