It really comes down to this: every reasonable forecast shows that unless we change course, health care costs will swamp the economy. Current costs are already staggering, and unless something changes, they will only get worse. Neither our families nor our firms can prosper in an economy with so much uncertainty around health care.
Americans deserve and want a better system. Today's health care system, the manner in which it is organized, its level of funding, and the ways that health services are financed for and by our population are not meeting our nation's requirements.
We need a universal and affordable system of health insurance - available to everyone regardless of how much they earn, where they work, or even whether they have a job. Comprehensive health care reform is long overdue. By squandering time, we're narrowing our options.
It's time that political ideologies be put aside in the search for solutions. Irrespective of party labels, we're all in this ambulance together.
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