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Just out in the latest NY Times/CBS News Poll:

In one finding, 75 percent of respondents said they were concerned that the cost of their own health care would eventually go up if the government did not create a system of providing health care for all Americans. But in another finding, 77 percent said they were concerned that the cost of health care would go up if the government did create such a system.

Sounds like a story from The Onion, doesn't it?

It's not surprising given that stories like these are circulating:

On former Sen. Fred Thompson's radio show, former lieutenant governor of New York Betsy McCaughey said that the House's proposed health care bill contained a provision that would institute mandatory counseling sessions telling seniors how "to do what’s in society's best interest … and cut your life short." House Minority Leader John Boehner made a slightly more measured statement, warning that the same provision "may start us down a treacherous path toward government-encouraged euthanasia if enacted into law."

The fact of the matter is that wages of normal workers will never go up as long as health care costs keep soaring. But since most Americans think that their health care is free -- since their employer pays for it -- they have no skin in the game.

Wake up, America! The health care system is broken in this country and the reform winding its way through Congress now is our only way to fix it. You voted Obama and the Democrats into power to fix it, but you now have to lean on your representatives to 'git 'er done!'

Call your Congressman (or woman) and your senator now and tell them to pass health care with the government option included. It's our last best hope to control costs and start down the path of a healthy (and affordable) health care system.

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