The cost of health care in America has risen 118 percent in the last three years. Health care spending rose to an estimated $2.5 trillion, or $8,047 per person, in 2009, and is projected to nearly double by 2019.
That cost isn't being paid by those without health care. Those with health care are carrying the burden for the millions of Americans who do not have insurance.
A major part of rebuilding America will have to be health care reform. True reform cannot be accomplished with the passage
We must not delay taking action. We simply cannot afford to ignore the ever-spiraling decay of America's health care system.
Politicians must stop the petty bipartisan bickering and pass legislation that will begin the long road to recovery.
No one wants government-run health care, but no one wants to give up Medicaid, Medicare, Veterans Affairs, or state-run health care.
I have two daughters who do not have any health care. The elder one works two part-time jobs largely because companies can skirt having to offer benefits to part-time employees.
My younger daughter is a cardiac patient from birth and will forever be considered as having a pre-existing condition. My insurer dropped her after she completed her nursing schooling, and she has been unable to find employment. We had to cancel her cardiac appointment recently.
As an American, I demand that Washington act now to start reforming health care in America.
Donald Lewis
Culpeper