Commotio cordis occurs mostly in boys and young men (average age 15), usually during sports, most frequently baseball, often despite a chest protector. It is usually caused by a projectile, but can also be caused by the blow of an elbow or other body part.
The number of uninsured Americans declined by 8.8 million in 2014, the first year the major insurance reforms of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect, according to new federal survey of 98,000 adults released by the U.S. Census Bureau today.
The Cost of Uncompensated Care. Over 72 million nonelderly people were without insurance coverage for either the full year (40.8 million people) or for part of the year (31.4 million people) in 2013. On average, a person who is uninsured had considerably lower annual health care expenses than a person who is insured.