I don't know if it accessible on a state by state basis, but the commonly quoted figures are 50-73 BILLION additional dollars spent in the US each year or roughly $7,500 per person.
 
 
 > From: healthliteracy-request at nifl.gov> Subject: HealthLiteracy Digest, Vol 30, Issue 26> To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:00:02 -0400> > Send HealthLiteracy mailing list submissions to> healthliteracy at nifl.gov> > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit> http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/healthliteracy> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to> healthliteracy-request at nifl.gov> > You can reach the person managing the list at> healthliteracy-owner at nifl.gov> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific> than "Re: Contents of HealthLiteracy digest..."> > > Today's Topics:> > 1. [HealthLiteracy 1881] Health Care Costs (sally sandy)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > Message: 1> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:41:58 -0700 (PDT)> From: sally sandy <sallysandy at yahoo.com>> Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1881] Health Care Costs> To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List <healthliteracy at nifl.gov>> Message-ID: <235144.22201.qm at web35606.mail.mud.yahoo.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"> > Can anyone point me to a source where I can access the amount that low level literacy "costs" in terms of health care dollars per year. In other words, how much is spent in the US on health care that is directly attributable to low level literacy. Next, where can I find this number broken down state by state?> > Sally Sandy> > -------------- next part --------------> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...> URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/healthliteracy/attachments/20080327/c2207a0f/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------> > ----------------------------------------------------> National Institute for Literacy> Health and Literacy mailing list> HealthLiteracy at nifl.gov> To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/healthliteracy> > End of HealthLiteracy Digest, Vol 30, Issue 26> **********************************************
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