It’s inexcusable that nearly 46 million Americans – or about 1 out of 7 – are uninsured.
Rising medical costs are devastating to working families and small businesses.
No one should be blocked from health coverage by age or pre-existing condition.
Recent polls say 49 percent said they supported fundamental changes, and 33 percent said the health care system needed to be completely rebuilt.
The estimated $856 billion to $1 trillion cost of current reform bills (which doesn’t cover all 46 million uninsured) raises a daunting prospect that maybe the US health care system is too expensive to keep as is, but too costly to fix.