Wisconsin Non-Profit Hospital Net Assets (Financial Strength) Up 100% 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 12 Non-Profit Hospital Organizations all headquartered in the State of Wisconsin 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 12 Wisconsin 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
Aurora Health Care	Milwaukee	WI	Sep 14	1,745		Dec 08	546	220%
Froedtert Health	Milwaukee	WI	Sep 14	1,556		Jun 09	824	89%
Medical College Wisconsin	Milwaukee	WI	Dec 14	1,428		Jun 09	808	77%
Ministry Health Care	Milwaukee	WI	Sep 14	1,197		Sep 09	730	64%
Children's Hospital and Health System Wisconsin	Milwaukee	WI	Dec 14	1,162		Dec 08	460	153%
Wheaton Franciscan Health	Glendale	WI	Dec 14	1,104		Jun 09	704	57%
University Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics	Madison	WI	Sep 14	987		Jun 09	514	92%
Marshfield Clinic	Marshfield	WI	Sep 14	903		Sep 09	554	63%
Gundersen Lutheran Health	La Crosse	WI	Sep 14	824		Dec 08	429	92%
ThedaCare	Appleton	WI	Dec 14	735		Dec 08	289	154%
ProHealth Care	Waukesha	WI	Dec 14	712		Sep 09	423	68%
Aspirus Obligated Group	Wausau	WI	Sep 14	638		Jun 09	211	202%
Total all 12				12,991			6,492	100%

As you can see from the above chart, the Total Net Assets (Financial Strength) of these 12 largest Wisconsin Hospital Organizations totaled $12,991 mil, up an impressive 100% from such Total Net Asset amounts of $6,492 mil at their fiscal year ends which included the 2008-09 US Financial Meltdown.

With such a very impressive Wisconsin Hospital Net Asset percentage increase, a key beneficiary of this will be Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin 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.