Annual growth in total Medicare spending averaged 4.1% between 2010 and 2014, compared to 9.0% between 2000 and 2010, based on data from OACT, despite growth in the number of beneficiaries and increases in health care costs over these years (Figure 3) .
bowfin - primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America. Amia calva, dogfish, grindle. ganoid, ganoid fish - primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering. Amia, genus Amia - type genus of the Amiidae.
Image Problem! Wherever they are found, bowfin suffer from a bad public image. They are known regionally by a variety of common names-dogfish, mudfish, grindle, ling, and lawyer-all suggestive of their status as a fish people love to hate.herever they are found, bowfin suffer from a bad public image. They are known regionally by a variety of common names-dogfish, mudfish, grindle, ling, and lawyer-all suggestive of their status as a fish people love to hate.