Healthcare's Financial Burden

I have worked in the health care industry since 1996. Yup - TWELVE years! I don't get to help relieve pain like the nurses do. I don't get to help find answers to illnesses like the doctors do.
I have worked on the financial side in one way or another for most of that time. I have worked as a registrar, biller, customer servic rep, and insurance authorization rep and I currently work in training other billers, registrars, financial counseling and insurance authorization personnel. In all positions, I have met people in the most dire circumstance who are unable to find the help they need to receive proper health care.
At the University Hospital, we have options for patients in such circumstances but it's not always easy for the patient who might be asked to pick up a portion of the bill or doesn't even know what resource they might have.
When I saw the two different health plans offered by the two major candidates for president, I was sold on Obama's plan to help provide people with the resources they need to meet their health care needs.
Nobody begins their day thinking, "today is the day I'll be diagnosed with cancer." or "today I'll have an injury that will prevent me from walking for the rest of my life." We all get up depending on the fact that today will be like all other days and I will make it home safe and sound with only a few things to bitch about from work or school.
I recently ran across this video which shows how so many people struggle with the financial burden of health care.
Stolen Dreams Competition
Winner: The Cure by Anthony Onah