Why Health Care Reform is Needed Now

According to a recent report released by the Kaiser Family Foundation, insurance costs have increased 131 percent since 1999, when a year of family coverage cost about $5,791. Compare that to 38 percent increase in wages and 28 percent growth of inflation over the same period

This just underscores why health-care reform which can provide affordable healthcare to everybody and at the same time control health care costs is needed urgently.

Yearly Health Care Premiums:

Image source Kaiser Family Foundation 2009 survey of Employer Health Benefits

Yearly Inflation Rate:

Inflation rate data obtained from Inflationdata.com