Seattle - In the United States there are over 40 million citizens that includes 10 million children who are without health insurance. This is going to

Seattle - In the United States there are over 40 million citizens that includes 10 million children who are without health insurance. This is going to be one of the biggest troubles that soon to be official President Barrack Obama is going to have to handle when he takes office in a few weeks.

Not only do so many people in our country not have health insurance, but those who do currently have it may soon not be able to afford it as insurance premiums are continuing to rise. The fact is that the way things are with health care presently may continue to go downhill and get worse before anyone sees it get better due to the state of our economy.

President elect Obama has reached out to the citizens of our country regarding the health care system and thousands answered that call. Obama asked citizens to come together in groups and discuss what they felt needed to be done to improve the health care system in our country and to come up with some possible solutions. Obama’s transition team set up Sunday as the official date to gather all information discussed and any videos that were made and have them uploaded to their site for review.

In Ohio alone, more than 120 meetings were held and the transition team has received more then 600 reports from groups since the uploading began.

Jen Psaki, a transition team spokesperson has said that they have received an overwhelming outcry from our citizens saying that there is a need for change no matter who the person is. There has been many stories received of very sad situations regarding those who cannot afford health care.

This is not the first time that citizen input has been looked for, however last time there was hardly any medical professionals involved. This time around the medical professionals made sure to give their input. They are concerned with the fact that medical students are choosing to go to the higher paying specialties in their education because nowadays it seems that those who are in general practice are not as valued. Due to this decision rates will continue to rise in health care costs.

There are many reasons that health care is so expensive and why people cannot afford it. There are also many decisions that need to be made by President elect Obama and his transition team along with Tom Daschle, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Let us hope and pray that the right decisions are made and the health care system improves quickly for all.