Today, fewer people are paying the full cost of hospital stays because of the coverage expansions. In 2014, out-of-pocket spending on hospital services declined by 4.1 percent, down from an increase of 4.7 percent in 2013. In contrast, out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs climbed by 2.7 percent, up from a decline of 3.7 percent in 2013. Growth in per-enrollee Medicaid spending fell in 2014.
Kamikaze feminist throws herself in front of King Georgeâs galloping horse, 1913
You can't make a grand show here with horses, and let them gallop and prance about, and toss their manes. The air was full of the whirl of limbs, the prance of hoofs, and snorts of alarm. But the orator struck his breast; he seemed to prance between his two supporters. If the beggar comes in suddenly, and starts to prance, I'll rip him up and be done with it! Well, then, prance gaily up to the altar and marry that, if you can! The thought that the beggar had started to prance darted through his mind.