[nimble]

Where do you find a breakdown of the costs? Anyone have links?

[netrus]

This looks interesting:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1361028/

If I get table 4 right, people who manage to live past 85 years will have 1/3 of their health care spending after their 85th birthday (not entirely accurate, but a reasonable simplification).