Here's something that would really help!

Charley on the MTA has a post at Blue Mass Group about health care reform that is moving through the US Congress and the State House.
Take a look at this pie chart about where our state dollars are spent. That big yellow piece of the pie is health care spending as well as the deep purple one for employee coverage. If these reforms can drive down what the state and municipalities spend for health care, ...

... it frees up billions of dollars for other uses. It might put a few extra dollars in your pocket too, unless you are an insurance company.
Our own Senator Kennedy has been in the forefront of this effort for many years. You can read his editorial on reform in the Globe here.
Yeah! Go Ted! Go Obama!