Health care costs are skyrocketing. Health insurance premiums have doubled in the last 8 years, rising 3.7
times faster than wages in the past 8 years, and increasing co-pays and deductibles threaten access to care.1
Many insurance plans cover only a limited number of doctors’ visits or hospital days, exposing families to
unlimited financial liability. Over half of all personal bankruptcies today are caused by medical bills.2 Lack of
affordable health care is compounded by serious flaws in our health care delivery system. About 100,000
Americans die from medical errors in hospitals every year.3 One-quarter of all medical spending goes to
administrative and overhead costs, and reliance on antiquated paper-based record and information systems
needlessly increases these costs4
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