Dollars and Sense?

The newest proposed heathcare reform would cost $871 billion dollars, but before we get blown away by this number understand that our current system is not cheap comparatively. According to the Washington Post website the main controversy is that the government would be determining the amount of government aid universally rather than taking into account individual circumstances. So while $871 billion is an enormous amount of money if it is used improperly it will do the people of America no good. The plan that attempts to compensate for this general distribution of funds states that the amount of money should be negotiate with the providers rather than the government so that everyone could benefit from the governmental aid instead of just those with high premiums.