Health Care

According to Barack Obama the following points summarize the problem with America's health care system. Do you agree? What are the solutions?

• Millions of Americans are uninsured or underinsured because of rising medical costs: 47 million Americans — including nearly 9 million children — lack health insurance with no signs of this trend slowing down.
• Health care costs are skyrocketing: Health insurance premiums have risen 4 times faster than wages over the past 6 years.
• Too little is spent on prevention and public health: The nation faces epidemics of obesity and chronic diseases as well as new threats of pandemic flu and bioterrorism. Yet despite all of this less than 4 cents of every health care dollar is spent on prevention and public health.

Read more about Obama's ideas for change in the way we provide health care at http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/and then tell us what you think. Help the Democratic Party come up with the best plan to tackle this difficult problem. Add your comments.