Since the summer, news channels have been a buzz about how the Obama Administration wants to push a new health care system through Congress by the end of the year.

President Obama has said that, "health care reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year."

To that end, Congress has created competing bills including an over 1,000 page entry, and several Republican proposals, and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus’ edition, which, unveiled last week, already has 500 amendments proposed to it.

Baucus’ plan requires individuals to have insurance, offers subsidies for those who can’t afford coverage, and creates a network of nonprofit cooperatives in which consumers could band together to buy insurance. But it doesn’t include a public option or provide coverage to illegal aliens, two proposals Obama originally wanted in a bill.

But when details began emerging in the summer about the bills circulating in Congress, ordinary Americans had big problems with it. Americans attended town meetings to question their senators and Congressmen returning to their districts for a summer recess.

What most of the Americans feared was about a public option, otherwise known as universal health care. They believe that there would be a huge increase in taxes, but the quality of care would be poor. Also, that there would be long waiting lists, slow access to new drugs, and rationing, meaning that the government would decide who would get cared for.

"There is some fear because in the House bill, there is counseling for end-of-life. And from that standpoint, you have every right to fear. ... We should not have a government program that determines if you’re going to pull the plug on grandma," said Republican Senator Chuck Grassley.

Those who are in support of the proposed bills say that the United States current health care system is the most expensive in the world and that 46 million Americans aren’t even covered.

With a public option, everyone will have the ability to be covered. People will also have a free choice of providers and hospitals, and guarantee coverage and equal access to all for all medical procedures without increasing costs.