http://www.petegaeta.com check your "isms" at the door.... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:44:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.petegaeta.com/articles/government/healthcare-by-the-numbers/ http://www.petegaeta.com/articles/government/healthcare-by-the-numbers/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:00:23 +0000 Pete Gaeta http://www.petegaeta.com/?p=232 Taken from the White House blog with verification for the numbers.

• 1 -- in every six dollars in the U.S. economy is spent on health care today. If we do nothing, in 30 years, 1 out of every three dollars in our economy will be tied up in the health care system.
• 8 -- The number of people every minute who are denied coverage, charged a higher rate, or otherwise discriminated against because of a pre-existing condition. 8 -- The number of lobbyists hired by special interests to influence health reform for every member of Congress in 2009.
• 41 -- that’s the number of leading economists -- including three Nobel Prize winners -- who sent a letter to President Obama and Congress yesterday urging the swift passage of comprehensive health insurance reform to curb skyrocketing health care costs. 41 -- is also the percentage of adults under the age of 65 who accumulated medical debt, had difficulty paying medical bills, or struggled with both during a recent one year period.
• 50/50 - If you’re an American under the age of 65, there’s roughly a 50/50 chance that you will find yourself without coverage at some point in the next decade.
• 625 – That’s the number of people who lost their health insurance EVERY HOUR in 2009
• $1,115 – that’s the average premium for employer-sponsored family coverage per month in 2009. Annually, that amounts to $13,375 – or roughly the yearly income of someone working a minimum wage job.

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