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A national survey of adults 65 and older finds that most seniors are still confused or unaware of important aspects of the new health reform law. .
Source: National Council on Aging
If future taxes are held at the historical average, spending on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security will consume all revenues by 2052.
Source: Heritage Foundation
61% of voters nationwide now expect the cost of health care to go up under the health care reform law, the highest level of pessimism measured since the law was passed in March.
Source: Rasmussen
At a cost of nearly $100 billion a year, Obamacare adds 16 million people to the rolls of Medicaid.
Source: NRO's "Critical Condition"
Because of rising health insurance costs, some Massachusetts companies are dropping coverage for their workers and encouraging them to sign up for state-subsidized care instead
Source: Boston Globe
75% of San Francisco employers had to increase health spending to comply with the city's employer health spending mandate.
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
From 1991-2006, overall cancer deaths for women decreased by 12.3%. During a similar period, overall cancer deaths for men decreased by 21%.
Source: CA: Cancer Journal for Clinicians
The health care law will cost $2.7 trillion over 10 years, and will add $352 billion to the national debt over that period.
Source: CATO Institute
The new health care law will increase taxes by more than $669 billion between now and 2019.
Source: CATO Institute
The national debt is now up to $13 trillion, and growing.
Source: The Hill
According to an IRS ombudsman, health reform is "the most extensive social benefit program the IRS has been asked to implement in recent history."
Source: The Hill
Employee health costs in Massachusetts have risen about 150 percent in the last decade.
Source: Boston Globe
52% Favor Repeal of Health Care Bill
Source: Rasmussen
44% With Health Insurance Say New Law Likely To Make Them Change Coverage
Source: Rasmussen
41% Say it takes too long to approve a drug and allow it to be sold to consumers
Source: Research!America
58% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law
Source: Rasmussen
63% Favor Repeal of National Health Care Plan
Source: Rasmussen
56% Still Want to Repeal Health Care Law, Political Class Disagrees
Source: Rasmussen
63% Expect Health Care Law To Increase Deficit, 56% Favor Repeal
Source: Rasmussen Reports
Did you know that only 12 cents out of every health care dollar in the U.S. comes from “out of pocket” costs to consumers?
Source: RealClearMarkets.com
Just 36 percent of Americans approve of Mr. Obama's handling of health care
Source: CBS News
57% of voters nationwide say that it would be better to pass no health care reform bill this year instead of passing the plan currently being considered by Congress.
Source: Rasmussen
CBO found that premiums in the individual market will rise by 10% to 13% more than if Congress did nothing.
Source: Wall Street Journal
54 percent of Americans favor making it harder to sue doctors and hospitals for mistakes taking care of patients
Source: Associated Press
Total national health care spending would increase by about 2 percent from 2010-2019 under House Ways and Means Committee bill
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Premiums will increase 26 percent between 2009 and 2013 under the current system and by 40 percent during this same period if provisions in the Senate Finance Committee proposal are implemented.
Source: Price Waterhouse Coopers
HR 3200 will increase the total amount of redistribution from the top 30 % of families by $122 billion- from $1.24 trillion to $1.36 trillion in 2016
Source: Tax Foundation
State spending on Medicaid is 39% in Ohio, 27% in Massachusetts, 25% in Michigan, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania
Source: Wall Street Journal
The repeal of New York's community-rating and guaranteed-issue laws could reduce New York's uninsured population by up to 37 percent
Source: Center for Medical Progress
Support of President Obama's healthcare plan has fallen all the way back to pre-speech levels
Source: Rasmussen
54% among those 65 and older oppose health care legislation.
Source: Pew Poll
78% of U.S. voters say every American should be allowed to purchase the same health insurance plan that members of Congress use
Source: Rasmussen
Mandated benefits currently increase the cost of basic health coverage from a little less than 20% to perhaps 50%
Source: Council for Affordable Health Insurance"
47% of Americans—a plurality—oppose the public plan, versus 43% who support it.
Source: NBC News
Nearly three out of four Americans say they're happy with their overall health care coverage
Source: CNN
The NHS is the largest employer in Europe. It employs approximately 1.3 million staff.
Source: National Health Service
When it comes to health care decisions, 51% of the nation's voters fear the federal government more than private insurance companies.
Source: Rasmussen Polls
Nearly three out of four Americans say they're happy with their overall health care coverage
Source: CNN
People in countries with more government control of health care are highly dissatisfied and believe reform is needed. More than 70 percent of German, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, and British adults say their health system needs either “fundamental change” or “complete rebuilding.
Source: Hoover Institute
Fewer than one percent of Americans enter bankruptcy each year. Of those, only three to five percent are plausibly bankrupt due to medical debt.
Source: RealClearMarkets
People in countries with more government control of health care are highly dissatisfied and believe reform is needed. More than 70 percent of German, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, and British adults say their health system needs either “fundamental change” or “complete rebuilding.
Source: Hoover Institute
Since 1970, Medicaid's costs have risen 35 percent more, per patient, than the combined costs of all health care in America apart from Medicare and Medicaid
Source: Pacific Research Institute
If the public plan is opened to all employers... about 131.2 million people would enroll in the public plan. The number of people with private health insurance would decline by 119.1 million people.
Source: The Lewin Group
Massachusetts will spend $595 million more on health insurance this year than it did three years ago, a 42% increase.
Source: BusinessWeek
From 2000 to 2007, Medicare paid 478,500 claims containing identification numbers that were assigned to deceased physicians. The total amount paid for these claims is estimated to be between $60 million and $92 million.
Source: Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Half of the population spends little or nothing on health care, while 5 percent of the population spends almost half of the total amount.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
More than 14 million uninsured Americans are already eligible for health insurance through Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Source: Blue Cross Blue Shield
24 percent of large employers offer some sort of consumer-directed health plan (CDHP), and many more believe that CDHPs offer the most effective approach for managing costs and maintaining quality care.
Source: Deloitte
The United States leads other nations in overall cancer survival rates.
Source: the Lancet Oncology
The 15 most expensive health conditions account for 44% of total health expenditures.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
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