As a people we are going to need to address this in a big way really quick. You may not like this but we may have to go to a single payer health care system. Ether that or we may see financial ruin for millions of people in this country. This is the issue thats either going to make Obama a one term president or one of the greatest presidents this country has ever had.


"Since the day she was laid off in October, Ms. Walker and her husband, Russ, co-owner of a struggling feed store here on the outskirts of Houston, have mounted a largely fruitless quest to find affordable coverage for Jake’s pre-existing condition. Their odyssey has become all too familiar to millions of newly uninsured Americans who suddenly find themselves one diagnosis away from medical and financial devastation.
The Walkers, both 46, are among nine million people who have lost employer-sponsored insurance since December 2007, according to projections by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Some have qualified for government insurance, and others have bought individual policies. But an estimated four million have joined the ranks of the uninsured, heightening the urgency in Washington to close the coverage gaps in American health care"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/us...nsured.html?hp