Nebraska Non-Profit Hospital Net Assets (Financial Strength) Up 66% Since 2008 Financial Meltdown ..... The Main Reason Health Insurance Premiums Are Now Reasonable on Health Insurance Exchange

From a review of the Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA), I found 5 Non-Profit Hospital Organizations all headquartered in the State of Nebraska 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 5  Nebraska 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
Nebraska Medical Center	Omaha	NE	Sep 14	659		Jun 09	470	40%
Bryan Medical Center	Lincoln	NE	Sep 14	606		May 09	383	58%
Nebraska Methodist Health System	Omaha	NE	Sep 14	573		Dec 08	300	91%
Clarkson Regional Health Services	Omaha	NE	Sep 14	515		Jun 09	343	50%
Children's Hospital & Medical Center	Omaha	NE	Dec 14	474		Dec 08	210	126%
Total of all 5				2,827			1,706	66%

As you can see from the above chart, the Total Net Assets (Financial Strength) of these 5 largest Nebraska Hospital Organizations totaled $2,827 mil at the most recently reported date, up a solid 66% from such Total Net Asset amounts of $1,706 mil at their fiscal year ends which included the 2008-09 US Financial Meltdown.

With such a solid Nebraska Hospital Net Asset percentage increase, a key beneficiary of this will be Nebraska citizens who have elected or will be electing to buy health insurance on the Health Insurance Exchange.  This solid Net Asset growth has given and will continue to give these Nebraska 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.