"This election showed that American workers are struggling with the rising cost of everything -- from food to fuel to housing to health care. They know that skyrocketing health costs are shrinking their paychecks, and if they lose their jobs they lose their health care," writes SEIU President Andy Stern on NationalJournal.com.

"...[T]oo many Americans fear they are just one health care crisis from financial ruin." Read the full response here.