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
Women's suffrage advocate Carrie Chatman Catt compiled many arguments in favor of extending the right to vote to women. She included a pamphlet entitled Women Warriors, written by D.R. Livermore. Livermore listed a number of examples of women serving in Union armies during the Civil War.