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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)