An interesting article about the coming election and onward.


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health care could undergo its biggest revolution in decades under the proposals of presidential hopefuls trying to fix a system that has left one in seven Americans without insurance.

No other major industrial democracy has such a large number of people without health coverage.

Opinion polls have shown health care to be the top domestic issue for Democrats. At least one survey found that Democrats ranked it as important as Iraq. Republican voters also are paying more attention than in past years.

Democratic candidates are proposing universal health coverage through a mix of public and private plans. Republicans say they will make insurance cheaper and more accessible through tax and market changes that may speed up the shift away from an employer-based system.


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Republican voters also are paying more attention than in past years

According to the votes in the House and Senate they sure aren't letting their lawmakers know how they feel.

Most Repub voters are wealthy, so their silence is letting their reps know. The ones that are not wealthy are more worried about abortion, gays, guns and prayers and ignore the 800 lb gorilla in the room.