~ An ambulance in the U.S. is diverted to a different hospital every minute, on average, because of emergency department overcrowding or bed shortages, according to a study released on Monday by the National Center for Health Statistics.

~ Forty-five percent of seniors have enrolled in the Medicare prescription drug benefit or plan to enroll before the May 15 deadline, while 29% do not plan to enroll and 23% are unsure, according to a tracking poll released by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

~ By 2015, one of every five dollars spent in the U.S. economy will pay for health care, and almost half of that money will be spent by state and federal governments, according to a report released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

~ A couple without employer-sponsored retiree health coverage retiring at age 65 will need $200,000 on average to pay for out-of-pocket basic health care costs during retirement, according to Fidelity Investments'  the Wall Street Journal reports.