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Health care in the United States is such a mess that Congress is prepared to do something extreme: listen to average Americans.

For Terri Schelter and Nancy Moser there's nothing abstract about America's health care meltdown. It's personal.

Last year, President George W. Bush couldn't stop talking about the Medicare prescription drug plan, boasting that his administration and Republicans in Congress had made it easier and less expensive for seniors to get the medicines they need.

Imagine heading into contract negotiations knowing that you don't have to worry about health care. Knowing that your bargaining team can fight hard for better wages without fearing that any raises will be offset by higher out-of-pocket costs for premiums, doctor visits and prescriptions.

Why should Wal-Mart and other hugely profitable companies be able to foist health care costs for employees onto taxpayers?