For A Single Payer?

We Americans love choice. We love the idea of having the freedom to choose what we want. And yet, what so many of us don't realize is that our freedom of choice comes with great cost. In fact, whether it be education or elections, we'd rather pay more believing the freedom of paying more is worth it. And then, these statistics come to us from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, via the San Francisco Chronicle. They'll make you get to the gym and eat better:

24x
- costs for health insurance in CA have risen 24 times faster than worker incomes from 1994-95 to 2006-07.

60%
- total costs in CA for an individual insurance policy increased 60% in 10 years - from $2500 in 1996 to $4000 in 2006.

83%
-the average family premium for employer-sponsored health coverage has increased 83% - from $6279 in 1996 to $11493 in 2006.