People age 45 to 64 spent an annual average $3,446 on health care in 1996 but $4,863 in 2006.
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The South 2004
(Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
The average annual premium for non-group health insurance is $2,985 for a single person, $6,328 for a family of 3.
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State Roundups 2004
(Our coverage of trends in state legislatures and regulatory bodies is also a good source of information about developments in different parts of the country.)
Space invader
The exam room where a meteorite hit a Virginia doctors' office has become the most requested room among patients, who joke about wearing hard hats to appointments.
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