Data Points

Estimated increase in the number of non-elderly Americans who will have health insurance in 2014 because of Obamacare, rising to 26 million in 2017 —Congressional Budget Office

Spending by Medicare and Medicaid in 2010 for the treatment of preventable, diet-related cardiovascular diseases —Union of Concerned Scientists

Average amount Medicare saved on severely demented patients who had an advance directive and died between 1998 and 2007, compared with similar patients who did not have an advance directive —Health Affairs

Percentage of U.S. prescriptions that accounted for 30% of all patient out-of-pocket costs last year, with the rising cost of specialty drugs contributing to total medication spending of $329.2 billion in 2013, a 3.2% increase over 2012 —IMS Health

Number of Americans under age 65 in families who reported problems paying medical bills during the first six months of 2013, down from 57.6 million during the first six months of 2011 —Centers for Disease Control and Prevention