The health care system is in crisis right now. Health care costs have increased substantially over the past few decades and the number of Americans who cannot afford health care coverage is increasing to a crisis level. A national health care system is essential to providing quality and affordable health care for all citizens in the U.S.
From 1990 to 2007 there has been an increase of 1.527 Trillion dollars in health expenditures in the United States. As a percentage of Gross Domestic Product, the U.S. has gone from 5% spending in health care costs to over 16% in 2007. Public, both state and federal, funding of health care costs have gone from 286.8 Billion in 1990 to 1.035 Trillion in 2007.
