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.
"Mr. Rearden," said Francisco, his voice solemnly calm, "if you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater his effort the heavier he world bore down on his shoulders - what would you tell him to do?" "I... don't know. What...
Ladies and Gentlemen, tonight we witnessed history.A tale as old as time- we are in a period of great turmoil, but there is an underlying sense of hope.
"Mr. Rearden," said Francisco, his voice solemnly calm, "if you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater his effort the heavier he world bore down on his shoulders - what would you tell him to do?" "I... don't know. What...
Ladies and Gentlemen, tonight we witnessed history.
