Inequalities in healthcare

In 2003, the poorest quintile spent more on healthcare than the richest quintile!

This is actually not surprising, if you would believe that the rich spend more in preventative care, organic foods, gym memberships ... and the poor are more obese (as junk food yields offer more calories per dollar) which leads to many more conditions requiring expensive treatments.

What say you, Felix Salmon? That's another $5,000 for someone on the poverty line, which gets them even closer to the $250,000 middle class household in Manhattan.