Average cost for insurance for a family is $12,000 or more (as per MTP)

[stray cat]

Employer contribution on average is over $9,000. Any plan needs to be able to generate about $12,000 per family (whatever percent of your income that ends of being), Plus money has to be generated to supplement those who can not pay $12,000 per year. We clearly need insurance reform, I want a strong public option. However, anyone who thinks this is cheap or someone else is going to pay for it at least needs to be honest about the fact that there are serious costs associated with covering people for health care. Now it could be costs can be constrained but those need to be itemized but that will largely slow down an exponential increase in health care costs as more costly therapies are developed.