Archive for May 14th, 2009

Health Care Costs Dragging Down GDP

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

chain gang to health care costs

pic by jjsink

Read the Wall Street Journals article called “Moment Is Ripe for President to Fix Health Care”   Link to Wall Street Journal

With over 17.6% of the GDP being spent on health care and each percent of GDP equaling about $140 billion, the economic health of the US is at risk.   It is time to support Obama’s efforts to make change and decrease the effect that health care has on the economic health of individuals, businesses and government.

Obama is the new Sheriff in town and he is not taking it slow.  He has chained together health care reform and the reduction of the deficit as one task.  He has formed his work gang to resolve said task in a timely manner.  The details of the work to be forthwith in the current congressional session.