Retail Prescription Drug costs: 1995 and 2007 Drug Type 1995 2007 All prescriptions $30.01 $69.91 Brand drugs $40.22 $119.51 Generic drugs $14.84 $34.34 The average prescription drug cost is $69.91. Of that amount, the manufacturer receives $54.30, the wholesaler...
How Many People in the United States Don’t Have Health Care Insurance? The Census Bureau says that there are 46,995,000 in the United States that are not covered by health insurance. Household income: Number of Uninsured (in thousands): Less than $25,000 13,933...
Health Insurance Coverage by Age Group (In Millions) Age Group Private Group Medicaire Medicaid Uninsured Under 6 years 14.8 13.9 0.2 7.9 2.8 6 to 11 years 15.6 14.5 0.1 6.4 2.6 12 to 17 years 17.5 15.7 0.1 5.8 3.3 18 to 24 years 17.0 13.8 0.2 3.3 8.3 25 to 34 years...
It seems intuitive that as the population of this country ages, its going to have to spend more on health care. This chart does a good job of putting the baby boomer health care bomb in black and white. Average Annual Health Care Spending by Age Group: 1990 Age Group...
We noted before that approximately 54% of health care dollars are “private” and that about 46% of health care spending comes from public sources. How does that break down for different categories of health care spending? 2006 Personal Health Care...
