"Sick" Health Care

 
      
     America's dollar-driven health care system is terminal.
     The problem?
     Bottom line profits for this year must be greater than last year's.
     This is especially true in the nation's hospital industry.
     Consider the following:

Emergency Department
          Severity - Minor

              .2005        2013
Visits     .654,751   425,942   35%
Average
Charge
Per Visit  $449       $988      121%

Naturally, the above begs several obvious questions:
1) Why the decline in  "Minor" ER visits?
2) How long can ER charges of this sort continue to skyrocket at a rate far greater than the rate of inflation?
    Stay tuned.