The Rising Cost for Elderly Living in Private Rooms in Nursing Homes

$87,600 was the national median rate for a year’s nursing home stay per resident in a private room in 2014. This has been a 4.3% increase from 2013 showing rising post-acute care costs.

How Many Americans are Skipping Suggested Medical Attention Because of Cost?

Americans are paying more out-of-pocket costs for health care now than any other time in the past decade. At least one out of five Americans from ages 19-64 delays or completely avoids medical attention because of the cost of their deductible and co-insurance.

Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program to Give Incentive Payment Boost to 37% More Hospitals in 2015 Than 2014

in 2015, 463 more hospitals will be seeing a Medicare value-based purchasing program payment boost than 2014.

The Number of Uninsured Children In America is Declining

The percentage of uninsured children has declined since CHIP was implemented. Under the ACA, children are covered, even under dental insurance, under the more affordable of plans.