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...
The United States spends $2.1 trillion, or 16% of GDP, on health care. What does that go towards? Category 1990 2007 Health services and supplies $666.7 $2,095.5 Personal health care expenses $607.5 $1,877.6 Hospital care $251.6 $696.7 Physician and clinical services...
The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2009 Statistical Abstract has been released. I thought it would be fun to go through it and note the more interesting items, starting with Health and Nutrition. United States Health Care Expenditures (In billions): Type of Expenditure...
On April 6, 1789, a month after they were originally scheduled to, enough members of the First Federal Congress arrived in New York to tally the electoral ballots. George Washington unanimously garnered 69 electoral votes. Upon notification of his victory, Washington...
I think it will be interesting to see if/how the national discourse changes. And, the full...
