Health Care Smackdown

Although the missile crisis in Iran has taken precedence in our nation's politics, the health care debate still raged on, and was put to a momentary end this evening when the democratic plan was outvoted, mainly because of the cost of the bill, and how far it will put the economy in debt.

Costly or not, it is vital that this health care plan gets passed, because not only do too many Americans not pay for health care, and have no way of funding any sort of medical treatment, the prices of private health care are ridiculous, and the number of people who can afford private health care will continue to drop, leaving more and more people in the dark, unless a public option or government funded health care is provided.

For the democrats to pull off this decisive victory, they are going to need to get 60 out of 100 votes in their favor from the Senate, not an easy feat. But first it must get out of the committees who decide whether or not it is worth voting on, and currently the democrats are behind with a loss of 13-10.