As a Canadian who works in the US (& is also privately covered under my employee plan), what Obama is pushing now is a good & reasonable 1st

I couldn't agree more. Even the rumor of being punished or fined for not being able to afford the government plan scares me!

step for US health care reform. Not just for you, but for US society.

All I want is something that I can afford that I don't have to mortgage my financial future on.

I often tell folks the difference between Americans and Canadians boil down to the preambles to our constitutions.

US - life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness -> all individual goals.

Cda - peace, order and good government -> all collective goals.

we need it and have to do something. This is a terrible system we have now it is literally killing us.