Some examples of where our health care dollars currently go:

• Top ten compensation packages at Fletcher Allen in 2009 were each over half a million dollars. (The CEO package was $1.8 million). (While hospital CEO pay continues to rise nationally, the total number of jobs in hospitals is declining).

• Fletcher-Allen’s excess revenue after expenses in 2009 was $40.5 million.

• Vermont hospitals utilize 17 different Health Information Technology systems instead of one system. This is expensive, and it also means it is different providers can’t communicate with one another.

• Glossy full-page advertisements in Time Magazine for Fletcher-Allen.