The New York Times reports this morning that two studies, just released, "provide further evidence of the toll health care is increasingly placing on working families, even for those who have health insurance."

"The studies, by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Center for Studying Health System Change, were completed earlier this year before the financial markets reached their current state of crisis. But policy analysts say the findings underscore the mounting additional strain that medical care is placing on working Americans."

The article goes on to suggest that people's thinking may be changing with regard to national priorities:

"While policy analysts acknowledge that finding any new money to expand coverage may prove difficult, some also say the terms of the debate may be changing as policy makers and the public rethink their positions on the need for regulation and the role of the government in industry — including the health care system."

Boy, the republicans just can't catch a break, can they?

The study estimates that 57 million Americans live in families struggling with medical bills, and 43 million of those have insurance coverage. “It’s hitting both the insured and the uninsured, and it’s hitting middle-class families,” said Karen Davis, the president of the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit research organization that financed the study.

Hmmmmm.....  More fuel for the Obama campaign fire!