As Congress continues to debate Health Care Reform, the latest “OPTIONS” coming out of the10 person, behind closed doors, committee is lowering the Medicare age to 55 and offering a program similar to what each of our 535 people in Congress are able to obtain.

We look forward to seeing the details and amendments on these two proposals. Let’s just hope these two options are not the watered down versions that the House & the Senate have offered up thus far.

We hear so much about “socialized” medicine and concerns over “government run” health care. However, we need to look at the data recently released by the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid. In 2007 (the most recent available data) 46.2% of all medical bills in the United States were paid for by the federal, state or local governments. That equates to a $1 Trillion dollar expenditure or $3,871.00 for every person in the United States.

So what’s all the fuss about government Health Care? As we see it, we’re pretty much there now.