"The only thing wrong with the democratic process is the failure to use it."

- Seymour Graubard

From 1996 - 2005, for households earning more than $130,000, the cost of health coverage increased from 2.6 percent of total income to 3.3 percent. While households earning below $27,300, already paying an incredible 14 percent of total income for health coverage, saw their costs rise to 20 percent.

Source: The McKinsey Quarterly

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