it's unsustainable for americans like lauren kliss -- klitska, a young mother i met in wisconsin last week who learned the breast cancer she thought she'd beaten has spread to her bone bus who is now being forced to spend time worrying about how to cover the $50,000 in medical debt she's already accumulated, worried about future debts she's going to accumulate, when all she wants to do is spend time with her two children and focus on getting well. these are not the worries that a woman like laura should have to face in a nation as wealthy as ours. [applause] stories like laura's are being told by women and men all across the country, by families who have seen out of pocket costs soar and premiums double over the last decade at a rate three times faster than wages. this is forcing americans of all ages to go without the checkups or prescriptions they need. that you know they need. it's creating a situation where a single illness can wipe out a lifetime of savings. our costly health care system is unsustainable for doctors. like michael cohn in new hampshire who, as he puts it, spends 2