Indiana Non-Profit Hospital Net Assets (Financial Strength) Up 136% Since 2008 Financial Meltdown ..... The Main Reason Health Insurance Premiums Are Now So Reasonable on Health Insurance Exchange

From a review of the Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA), I found 9 Non-Profit Hospital Organizations all headquartered in the State of Indiana with Net Assets (i.e. Financial Strength or Total Assets minus Total Liabilities) at the most recent date reported of more than $400 mil each.

Below here are the Net Assets of these 9 Indiana Hospital Organizations at both the most recent reported date and also at the end of the Fiscal Year which included the late 2008 US Financial Meltdown:

							Net	Net
							Assets	Assets
						FYE	FYE	%
						Balance	Balance	Increase
						Sheet	Sheet	Since
				Most		Date	Date	FYE
			Most	Recent		Including	Including	Including
			Recent	Balance		2008-09	2008-09	2008-09
			Balance	Sheet		US	US	US
	City	State	Sheet	Net		Financial	Financial	Financial
US Hospital Organization	HQs	HQs	Date	Assets		Meltdown	Meltdown	Meltdown
				mil $s			mil $s
Indiana University Health	Indianapolis	IN	Sep 14	4,662		Dec 08	1,434	225%
St Vincent Health	Indianapolis	IN	Jun 14	3,505		Jun 09	1,561	125%
Franciscan Alliance	Mishawaka	IN	Sep 14	2,703		Dec 08	1,463	85%
Parkview Health System	Fort Wayne	IN	Sep 14	1,231		Dec 08	543	127%
Community Health Network	Indianapolis	IN	Sep 14	1,173		Dec 08	482	143%
Beacon Health System	South Bend	IN	Sep 14	1,125		Dec 08	341	230%
Deaconess Health System	Evansville	IN	Dec 14	709		Sep 09	365	94%
Community Foundation NW Indiana	Munster	IN	Dec 14	584		Jun 09	289	102%
Reid Hospital	Richmond	IN	Sep 14	407		Dec 08	355	15%
Total all 9				16,099			6,833	136%

As you can see from the above chart, the Total Net Assets (Financial Strength) of these 9 largest Indiana Hospital Organizations totaled $16,099 mil, up a huge 136% from such Total Net Asset amounts of $6,833 mil at their fiscal year ends which included the 2008-09 US Financial Meltdown.

With such a very impressive Indiana Hospital Net Asset percentage increase, a key beneficiary of this will be Indiana citizens who have elected or will be electing to buy health insurance on the Health Insurance Exchange.  This superb Net Asset growth has given and will continue to give these Indiana Hospitals the financial flexibility to moderate their pricing for hospital and other health care procedures in their negotiations with health insurance companies which ultimately determines what insurance premium prices are set at by health insurance companies on the Health Insurance Exchange.