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The crisis in health care is manageable - without the radical, extreme measures passed in the Affordable Care Act.USA Today reports that just 5% of patients account for 50% of health care spending. And just 1% account for 22% of the spending. That's about $90,000 per person, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. U.S. residents spent $1.26 trillion that year on health care.Five percent accounted for 50% of health care costs, about $36,000 each, the report said.The report's findings can be used to predict which consumers are most likely to drive up health care costs and...