It’s no big secret in this country that health insurance costs have skyrocketed in the past four decades. When my mother was my age (25) a healthy young female was insured by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois for $36 a month for health insurance, and $5 a month for life insurance. Fast-forward 25 years, the same coverage costs around $143-$200 (this is only emergency care, so add app. $50 a month for better coverage). Some 40 years ago American medical spending was estimated at 5 percent of national income; today it is calculated at some 16.5 percent and rising continually.

The New Deal Part Deux It’s no wonder why so many Americans are aghast at President Obama’s plans for the country’s economic recovery.