Changes

Health care constitutes one-seventh of the economy, and there are 47 million uninsured residents of America.  But many of those are uninsured by choice, or uninsured temporarily.  The real [[liberal]] motivation to change health care, which was the first priority of [[Hillary Clinton]] when her president took office back in 1993, is to effect social change.  [[Abortion]] and the [[homosexual agenda]] can be advanced under the banner of health care reform in a way that would never pass otherwise.

Health care constitutes one-seventh of the economy, and there are 47 million uninsured residents of America.  But many of those are uninsured by choice, or uninsured temporarily.  The real [[liberal]] motivation to change health care, which was the first priority of [[Hillary Clinton]] when her president took office back in 1993, is to effect social change.  [[Abortion]] and the [[homosexual agenda]] can be advanced under the banner of health care reform in a way that would never pass otherwise.

None of the plans are expected to be "single payer," at least not initially and publicly so.  "Top Democrats who will be deciding policy in America in 2009, including Baucus and President-elect Barack Obama, say single-payer is 'not politically feasible,' because the public won't strongly support it."<ref>http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/12/03/state/80st_081203_column.txt</ref>

None of the plans are expected to be "single payer," at least not initially and publicly so.  "[T]his option has been declared 'off the table' by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., who's among those leading the charge for health-care reform in America.  Top Democrats who will be deciding policy in America in 2009, including Baucus and President-elect Barack Obama, say single-payer is 'not politically feasible,' because the public won't strongly support it."<ref name="Single Payer">http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/12/03/state/80st_081203_column.txt</ref> The biggest supporter of "single payer" was Michigan Democrat John Conyers,<ref name="Single Payer"/> but he lost a key committee chairmanship for the new Congress in 2009.

Each of the Democratic plans is summarized below.

Each of the Democratic plans is summarized below.