Innovations in  today are different than what they were fifty years ago and even twenty years ago. Technology has changed the world and has changed daily life for just about everyone. Technology is fantastic, but it is not cheap. When organizations spend a significant amount of money to make changes, they are most likely doing so, because they believe it will benefit the quality of care and potentially alleviate costs down the road. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a great (or not so great) example. It was implemented to provide affordable health care to individuals who could not afford health coverage prior to the ACA. While millions of people signed up and were granted access to health coverage, they did not expect the high premiums and deductibles that they would face. The ACA was created to help U.S. citizens have a more affordable access to , but it is not more affordable at all and the United States spent a great deal of money adapting this plan. , Nolan, and  (2008) said that improving the U.S. health care system requires pursuit of three aims simultaneously: improve the experience of care, improve the health of populations, and reduce per capita costs of . Many of the innovations that have taken place in recent years have provided improvements in experience of care, but per capita costs of  are only getting higher. For organizations to adapt an electronic medical records (EMR) system, a lot of money must be spent. However, an EMR system can definitely alleviate costs down the road and is a huge convenience factor for medical professionals and patients. , Nolan, and  (2008) also reported that the Commonwealth Fund Commission said that the United States  expenditures are far greater than any other developed country, but our results are no better. It is alarming that the United States is shelling out so much money and not really seeing the results expected. In order to fix this, a number of things must occur, but there is no doubt that innovations today are more cost-increasing than cost-decreasing.