The newest incarnation of federal health insurance reform will be bipartisan in terms of ideas, but it unfortunately looks doubtful we will have bipartisan support.

That said, there is little debate about the course of our current health insurance system -- we can't afford the status quo. Warren Buffett has said that, as have the chief executive officers of the Business Roundtable.

Companies can't cover health care expenses -- which is why we see downsizing, stagnation and shrinking benefits.

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Families can't handle the costs -- and as a result we are seeing more personal bankruptcies and foreclosures.

According to a Business Roundtable report, employers will pay three times the cost they now pay to insure workers in just the next decade if...