Health care coverage is important to American workers, however, because it is expensive some people can not afford it. In the year 2006, 38 percent of workers that had employer based health care, had to pay a deductible of $500.00 or more. The expense on American companies to provide employee benefits is hindering their global competitiveness. In years past, heath care was easily covered be employers because the world was not as globally competitive. ~Andrew Carson Meijer, #19 Muskegon