Health Care:)

Health care costs have been rising for several years. Stemming this growth has become a major policy priority, as the government, employers, and consumers increasingly struggle to keep up with health care costs. In 2008, U.S. health care spending was about $7,681 per resident and accounted for 16.2% of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product; this is among the highest of all industrialized countries.Although Americans benefit from many of the investments in health care, the recent rapid cost growth, coupled with an overall economic slowdown and rising federal deficit, is placing great strains on the systems used to finance health care, including private employer-sponsored health insurance coverage and public insurance programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.

In August a federal judge in Richmond, Virginia, refused to throw out a lawsuit filed by the state's attorney general challenging the constitutionality of President Barak Obama's planned overhaul of the nation's health care system. An 18 Oct federal court hearing in the same city will decide  whether the national health care law complies with requirements of the Constitution or exceeds the powers granted to Congress. The case represents an opening volley in the legal challenges by Republican-led states to the Democrat-led overhaul. Few observers expect the issue to be settled until the Supreme Court has weighed-in on the mandate that Americans buy health insurance by 2014 or face a fine.
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Does our government's health care plan need reforming?


Yes, i think that everyone should be provided health care. There are many people who's lifespan depends on health insurance. People are dying everyday w/o having any health insurance at any time because the government hasnt acted apon this issue. My grandmother suffers from diabetes as well and i want to when is the govt going to take action.

what do you think<3